Self-rated health, BMI, blood pressure, and perceived health needs of first year students at a Middle-Eastern medical university

Bahar, Zühal; Shaikh, Rizwana B; Al-Sharbatti, Shatha; Muttappallymyalil, Jayakumary; Sreedharan, Jayadevan; Basha, Shaikh Altaf

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.01.007

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“…Previous studies showed that adolescents are not usually exposed to situations that require blood pressure measurements [ 3 ], despite the fact that several reports, including the present study, show that adolescents have relatively high rates of blood pressure, especially with the lower limits adopted recently for hypertension diagnosis [ 5 ], which were found mostly during studies [ 8 ]. Early detection of high blood pressure is usually difficult in adolescents, mostly due to underestimation for the long-term effect of high blood pressure and BMI and the relatively minor effect of these diseases on the well-being of adolescents compared to adults [ 9 ].…”

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Blood Pressure and Its Association with Gender, Body Mass Index, Smoking, and Family History among University Students

Alhawari

Alshelleh

Al-Saudi

et al. 2018

International Journal of Hypertension

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Hypertension is one of the major risk factors associated with cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we will assess the frequency of hypertension among healthy university students and its association with gender, body mass index, smoking, and family history of both hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. We screened healthy university students ranging from 18 to 26 years of age. For each participant, we performed blood pressure measurements using a previously validated device and obtained demographic data, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, and family history of both hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Out of the total number of 505 participants included in this study, 35.2% have blood pressure between 130/80 and 139/89, and 13.5% have blood pressure of more than 140/90. We found significant gender differences in both systolic pressure (p = 0.003) with mean difference = 18.08 mmHg (CI: 16.13 to 19.9) and diastolic pressure (p = 0.011) with mean difference = 3.6 mmHg (CI: 2.06 to 5.14), higher in males than in females. Upon comparing the mean difference in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure with BMI, we found significant differences in both systolic (p < 0.001) and diastolic (p = 0.002) blood pressure. We also found that smokers have significantly (p = 0.025) higher systolic blood pressure (mean difference = 4.2 mmHg, CI: 3.2 mmHg to 8.8 mmHg), but no significant difference for diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.386), compared to nonsmokers. First-degree family history of both hypertension and cardiovascular diseases affected systolic but not diastolic blood pressure. Taking into account the adverse short- and long-term effect of hypertension, we recommend adopting an awareness program highlighting the importance of screening blood pressure in young adolescent populations, keeping in mind that both high BMI and smoking are important modifiable factors.

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Blood Pressure and Its Association with Gender, Body Mass Index, Smoking, and Family History among University Students

Alhawari

Alshelleh

Al-Saudi

et al. 2018

International Journal of Hypertension

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Obesity, TV commercials, passive commuting, and smoking

Morabia

Costanza²

2012

Preventive Medicine

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<b>Regular and negative self-rated health in students from a public university fromNortheastern,Brazil: prevalence and associated factors

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Fonseca

Barbosa

2014

Acta Sci. Health Sci.

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Self-rated health is a major health indicator and has been widely used in epidemiologic surveys. Current study analyzes the factors associated to regular and negative self-rated health in Brazilian college students. Current investigation is a segment of the 2010 MONISA study carried out in a Brazilian public university with 5,461 students. Estimated sample comprised 1,232 university students and results showed self-rated regular and negative health. Multinomial logistic regression estimated Odds Ratio (OR). The factors associated to regular health self-evaluation negative assessment of relationship with professors (OR: 1.85; CI95%: 1.20-2.87); inactivity in leisure (OR: 2.34; CI95%: 1.73-3.16); insufficient consumption of vegetables; almost daily consumption of soft drinks; assessment of intermediate and negative stress (OR: 3.34; CI95%: 2.11-5.28). Students inactive in leisure (OR: 2.37; 95%CI: 1.09-5.13), students with selfevaluated negative stress (OR: 10.1; 95%CI: 3.23-31.8) and obese students (OR: 4.52; 95%CI: 1.36-15.0) were associated to the negative health self-assessment. It has been verified that health behavior is rather associated to the regular self-assessment of health, whereas perceptive and biological indicators were more associated to negative health self-assessment.

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Self-rated health, BMI, blood pressure, and perceived health needs of first year students at a Middle-Eastern medical university

Cited by 3 publications

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Blood Pressure and Its Association with Gender, Body Mass Index, Smoking, and Family History among University Students

Blood Pressure and Its Association with Gender, Body Mass Index, Smoking, and Family History among University Students

Obesity, TV commercials, passive commuting, and smoking

<b>Regular and negative self-rated health in students from a public university fromNortheastern,Brazil: prevalence and associated factors

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