“…Our primary objective in this study, therefore, is to evaluate factors associated with elevated BP at an early age in a Mexican population, particularly with respect to body mass index (BMI) (Stabouli et al, 2005, Muntner et al, 2004, Folsom et al, 1996. study (Sánchez-Zamorano et al, 2007) conducted among 2387 students from the public education system in the central state of Morelos, Mexico from September 2005 to April 2007. Located 70 km from Mexico City, Morelos reported 1,758,187 inhabitants in 2006(CONAPO, 2008 and in 2005, the state educational system registered 28,576 students in their first year of junior high school (SEP, 2008).…”