dc.creatorBancalari,Rodrigo
dc.creatorDíaz,Carlos
dc.creatorMartínez-Aguayo,Alejandro
dc.creatorAglony,Marlene
dc.creatorZamorano,Juanita
dc.creatorCerda,Verónica
dc.creatorFernández,Manuel
dc.creatorGarbin,Flabia
dc.creatorCavada,Gabriel
dc.creatorValenzuela,María
dc.creatorGarcía,Hernán
dc.date2011-07-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-07T16:39:00Z
dc.date.available2017-03-07T16:39:00Z
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872011000700007
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/405206
dc.descriptionBackground: Hypertension in children is a frequently overlooked problem that is an important cardiovascular risk factor. Aim: To determine the prevalence of hypertension among school age children. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional study of 2980 children aged 10 ± 2years (48% females) from 10 schools of middle and lower class in Metropolitan Santiago. Blood pressure (BP) was measured in the sitting position on three occasions after a rest period, using a mercury sphygmomanometer with appropriate cuff arm diameter, averaging the results of the measurements. Systolic and diastolic hypertension were defined as blood pressure values over 95percentilefor age, sex and height. Results: The overall prevalence of hypertension was 12.2% in women and 15% in men (p < 0.05). According to nutritional status, the prevalence was 6.7, 8.9,13.6 and 26% in underweight, eutrophic, overweight and obese children, respectively (p < 0.01). Compared with normal weight children, the risk of being hypertensive for overweight children was 1.6 (95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.2-2.3) and for obese children was 3.6 (95% CI 2.8-4.7). Conclusions: The studied children had a high prevalence of hypertension, that was directly related to a higher body mass index.
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dc.publisherSociedad Médica de Santiago
dc.sourceRevista médica de Chile v.139 n.7 2011
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectHypertension
dc.subjectObesity
dc.titlePrevalencia de hipertensión arterial y su asociación con la obesidad en edad pediátrica
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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