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Association between nutritional status and blood pressure in schoolchildren
Fecha
2009Registro en:
Motriz: Revista de Educação Física (Online), v.15, n.4, p.781-787, 2009
1980-6574
Autor
Fernandes, Romulo Araujo
Casonatto, Juliano
Christofaro, Diego Giulliano Destro
Cucato, Gabriel Grizzo
Machado, Dalmo Roberto Lopes
Romanzini, Marcelo
Ronque, Enio Ricardo Vaz
Institución
Resumen
The aim of this study was to analyze the association between nutritional status and blood pressure in adolescents from a private school. Were recruited 316 young of both gender with age raging from 11 to 15 years old. Were measured body mass, stature, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. The statistic procedures were composed by median, interquartile range, chi-square test and Poisson regression. The prevalence of overweight and high blood pressure was significantly higher in boys (38% and 24%, respectively) when compared to girls (19.3% and 14.4%, respectively). Overweight adolescents presented a higher risk (about 2-fold) to develop high blood pressure. In conclusion, overweight seems to be associate with high blood pressure in adolescents.