| dc.creator | Bancalari,Rodrigo | |
| dc.creator | Díaz,Carlos | |
| dc.creator | Martínez-Aguayo,Alejandro | |
| dc.creator | Aglony,Marlene | |
| dc.creator | Zamorano,Juanita | |
| dc.creator | Cerda,Verónica | |
| dc.creator | Fernández,Manuel | |
| dc.creator | Garbin,Flabia | |
| dc.creator | Cavada,Gabriel | |
| dc.creator | Valenzuela,María | |
| dc.creator | García,Hernán | |
| dc.date | 2011-07-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-07T16:39:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-07T16:39:00Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872011000700007 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/405206 | |
| dc.description | Background: 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. | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | es | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad Médica de Santiago | |
| dc.source | Revista médica de Chile v.139 n.7 2011 | |
| dc.subject | Child | |
| dc.subject | Hypertension | |
| dc.subject | Obesity | |
| dc.title | Prevalencia de hipertensión arterial y su asociación con la obesidad en edad pediátrica | |
| dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |
