2008
DOI: 10.1590/s0080-62342008000100016
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Abstract: O objetivo da pesquisa foi avaliar os indicadores de risco para a hipertensão arterial em crianças e adolescentes. Estudo transversal desenvolvido com 342 indivíduos de seis a 18 anos de uma escola da cidade de Fortaleza (CE). A maioria eram homens (51,5%). A média de idade foi 11,73 anos ( 3,19). Foram freqüentes os escolares com sobrepeso / obesidade (16,8%) e com pressão arterial acima do percentil 90 (44,7%). Sedentarismo, tabagismo e etilismo estiveram presentes em 51,5%, 38% e 15,5% dos avaliados. A pres… Show more

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“…This study's findings revealed that 18% of the sample had high BP levels. This fact is in agreement with other studies stressing an increased incidence of hypertension among children (1,14,19) .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
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“…This study's findings revealed that 18% of the sample had high BP levels. This fact is in agreement with other studies stressing an increased incidence of hypertension among children (1,14,19) .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…This study indicates that the prevalence of excess weight, 21.7%, was higher than that of other studies also carried out with children in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil whose percentages were 16.8% and 19.5% (14)(15) . When the results of this study were compared with those of other national and international studies, higher (1,16) and lower (17)(18) percentages are also found.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 64%
“…Contudo, estudos pontuais em diversas regiões do país têm mostrado altas prevalências de hipertensão, oscilando entre 2,5% a 44,7% 7,8,9,10,11,12,13 . Essa ampla variação pode decorrer, sobretudo, das diferentes metodologias empregadas, em especial no que diz respeito aos pontos de corte adotados e ao número de aferições da pressão realizada durante o atendimento.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…Overweight and obesity (O/O) are considered serious public health issues across the world because of their strong associations with various risk factors for developing nontransmissible chronic diseases (1)(2) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies show that Brazilian children and adolescents, though being in the early phases of human development, already have a high adipose tissue accumulation that is directly related with increased systolic and diastolic arterial blood pressure values (2) . The reported increase is apparently based on the decisive role that excessive fat in the blood stream has in forming fat deposit on blood vessel walls (atheroma) in these youths.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%