Prevalence and Determinants of Hypertension among Urban School Children in the Age Group of 13- 17 Years in, Chennai, Tamilnadu

Sundar, Jasmine S

doi:10.4172/2161-1165.1000130

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“…This finding was congruent with Sundar et al and Ibrahim et al [13,30] who reported that increased risk of hypertension was directly associated with an increase of daily cigarette smoking. Furthermore, Abd El-Mohsen et al [26] reported that the smoking and hypertension were known to accelerate the development of the process of atherosclerosis and increase the risk of all other coronary lesions.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…These findings incongruent with Sundar et al and Savitha et al [13,27] who reported that no statistically significant relationship between dietary habits and hypertension.…”

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confidence: 64%

“…Furthermore, Simão et al and Hujova et al [24,31] revealed that increasing physical activity and changing eating habits may decrease future hypertension morbidity and mortality. Nonetheless, these results had disagreement with Sundar et al [13] who showed that physical activity, had no significant relationship with hypertension in students in India.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…[12] Three consecutive measurements were taken at an interval of at least five minutes, but only the second and third measurements were used in calculating the mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures that serve as the blood pressure of the subject. Hypertension was defined and classified according to the WHO/ISH guidelines [13] (see Table 1). …”

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Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among university students: Comparative study

Moussa

El-Mowafy

El-Ezaby

2016

JNEP

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Background: Hypertension is commonly known as the "silent killer", its prevalence is highly variable worldwide and it's an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The increase of hypertension in the developing countries may be connected with the economic transition within those countries. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of hypertension among university students and the associated risk factors related to hypertension. Methods: The study used a comparative cross-sectional design. Data were collected from October 2013 to May 2014 at the student University Hostels in Port-Said and Damietta Cities. The sample included 2,029 university students. The data were collected by a structured interview questionnaire, which included data about nutritional lifestyle, stress, exercises, family history and smoking pattern. In addition, blood pressure and body mass index were measured. Results: The prevalence of hypertension was 26.5% among students in Damietta University compared to 18.1% of students in Port-Said University. The Univariate analysis showed an association between hypertension and age, sex, body mass index (BMI), nutritional lifestyle, stress, physical activity, family history and smoking pattern (p < .05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed a significant association between hypertension and the above stated factors. Conclusions and recommendations:The findings of the present study highlighted the prevalence of hypertension among students in Damietta University (26.5%), compared to 18.1% among students in Port Said university. The blood pressure values increased with associated risk factors (age, sex, body mass index, smoking, strss, physical activity and family history). The results of this study recommended that periodic screening and monitoring of students for hypertension should be incorporated into the entrance of the university physical examination, and university students health education on hypertension as a disease and its associated risk factors should be strengthened.

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“…These findings incongruent with Sundar et al and Savitha et al [13,27] who reported that no statistically significant relationship between dietary habits and hypertension.…”

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confidence: 64%

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confidence: 68%

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El-Ezaby

2016

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“…13 In contrast to this Eltagi A M Abdalletal found 14% hypertension among Sudanese boys and 8.4% among girls; 14 Jasmine S Sundaretal found the higher prevalence(31.7%) among high school males of Chennai which was statistically significant. 15 This gender difference may be attributed to hormonal changes that occur during puberty which had been noted to occur more rapidly in females than in males and also the stress associated with menarche could be one of the reason. 16 Significant association was found with the intake of junk food for the frequency of >=4 times a week in our study.…”

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Prevalence and Determinants of Pre Hypertension and Hypertension among Urban High School Adolescents of Hyderabad

Bala¹,

Sandeep²,

Prasad³

et al. 2017

NJRCM

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Introduction: The Aetio-pathogenesis and risky behaviour determinants start early in adolescent period for the development of hypertension which poses a major public health problem with serious complications. These are amenable for prevention and therefore this study was taken up to determine prevalence and determinants of Pre hypertension and hypertension among high school adolescents.Materials and methods: A school based cross sectional study was carried out among adolescents studying in a schools attached to urban health training centre of Deccan college of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. All the students from seventh class to tenth class consisting of 404 students were included. A semi structured questionnaire schedule was used based on Global school based student health survey questionnaire module; Anthropometry and blood pressure measurement was done by trained team using standardised procedures. Data was entered in Microsoft Excel 2007 and analysed. Frequency, mean, standard deviation and Chi square were done wherever required. Z scores were calculated using WHO Anthro-plus.Results: Out of total 404 students-boys accounted to 162(40.1%) and girls 242(59.9%). Prevalence of Pre Hypertension was 49(12%) and Hypertension was 52(13%) respectively. Mean age was 13.46+1.28 years; mean systolic blood pressure was 112.99+11.18 and mean diastolic blood pressure was 70.84+10.74 mm of Hg. Gender and junk food intake were the significant risk factors of Pre hypertension and Hypertension among adolescents. Conclusion: In this study behavioural determinants play a major role and these are amenable for prevention.

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Body adiposity measures and risk of adolescent hypertension among the postpubescents Northeast India

Meitei

Pao

Devi

et al. 2021

American J Hum Biol

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Objectives The present study attempts to associate and predict adolescent hypertension in Northeast India through body adiposity measures. Method A total of 728 adolescents aged 15 years and above were included in the present study after consent. Blood pressure and related anthropometric data were collected. The prevalence rate was calculated. Significant tests and correlation analyses were conducted between the blood pressure parameters and anthropometric body adiposity measures. The odds ratio (OR) was also calculated to assess the likelihood of risks. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to find the measured parameters' predictive cut‐off values. Results The prevalence of adolescent hypertension is 29.12%, and elevated blood pressure is 20.47%. Boys are more hypertensive than girls. Obese adolescents are more prone to hypertension. Overweight, obese, and abdominal volume index (AVI) has 2.31, 5.15, and 3.41 OR to develop hypertension significantly, irrespective of gender. Among the boys, waist circumference (WC), AVI, and waist to height ratio (WHtR) significantly correlate with hypertension at adjusted for age; they are better predictors with area under curve (AUC) value reach 0.7. Among the females, the BMI reaches AUC 0.7, making it a better assessment for hypertension. Conclusion The study highlights the concerns of adolescent hypertension among Northeast Indian adolescents, which needs attention. More studies in different regions must be conducted to understand the problem's crux to enable health policymakers to promote adolescent health.

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Prevalence and Determinants of Hypertension among Urban School Children in the Age Group of 13- 17 Years in, Chennai, Tamilnadu

Cited by 34 publications

References 23 publications

Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among university students: Comparative study

Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among university students: Comparative study

Prevalence and Determinants of Pre Hypertension and Hypertension among Urban High School Adolescents of Hyderabad

Body adiposity measures and risk of adolescent hypertension among the postpubescents Northeast India

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