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Lee J, Batson T, McCully KK, Shen Y, Modlesky CM. Elevated blood pressure in children with cerebral palsy and its relationship with adiposity and physical activity. Disabil Health J 2024:101643. [PMID: 38853095 DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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BACKGROUND There is a high prevalance of hypertension in adults with with cerebral palsy (CP). However, less is known about blood pressure in children with CP. OBJECTIVE The aim was to determine if blood pressure is elevated in children with CP and whether it is related to adiposity and physical activity. METHODS Thirty children with spastic CP (5-11 y) and 30 age-, sex-, and race-matched typically developing control children were studied. Resting systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and heart rate were measured, and mean arterial pressure (MAP) was calculated. Visceral fat mass and total body fat mass index (FMI) were determined using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Physical activity was assessed using accelerometer-based monitors. RESULTS Children with CP had higher DBP and heart rate than controls (p < 0.05). DBP percentile and MAP were also higher in children with CP when BMI was statistically controlled. Children with CP and elevated blood pressure or hypertension (n = 8) had 56% more visceral fat mass than children with CP and normal blood pressure (n = 22; p < 0.05). In the groups combined, blood pressure was directly related to visceral fat mass and FMI, and inversely related to physical activity (p < 0.05). However, in children with CP alone, only visceral fat mass was related to blood pressure (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Children with CP have higher resting blood pressure than typically developing children. The higher blood pressure is related to higher visceral adiposity. Careful blood pressure screening should start during childhood in individuals with CP.
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- Junsoo Lee
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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Azegami T, Uchida K, Sato Y, Murai-Takeda A, Inokuchi M, Hayashi K, Mori M. Secular trends and age-specific distribution of blood pressure in Japanese adolescents aged 12-18 years in 2000-2019. Hypertens Res 2024; 47:184-194. [PMID: 37710036 DOI: 10.1038/s41440-023-01432-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Adolescent blood pressure is a predictor of future risk for hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, and therefore its status needs to be accurately determined. However, limited evidence is available regarding the secular trends and distribution of adolescent blood pressure. In the present study, we assessed the secular trends and age-specific distributions of blood pressure in Japanese adolescents aged 12-18 years by using data drawn from 20 years of annual health checkups conducted between 2000 and 2019. Participants underwent health checkups every year for three years at the same school and the data were divided into four 5-year cycles: 2000-2004, 2005-2009, 2010-2014, and 2015-2019. From a total of 124,460 records (33,496 individuals) retrieved, 3000 records (3000 individuals) from each year-cycle were randomly selected to avoid duplicating data from the same individuals. In the study period, in males systolic blood pressure showed a decreasing trend over time, whereas in females diastolic blood pressure showed an increasing trend. Subgroup analyses by school category (junior/senior high school) and by obesity category showed similar blood pressure trends as in the overall analysis. Age-specific blood pressure values in Japanese adolescents increased with age in males but not in females. Thus, different patterns of change in blood pressure values over the past 20 years were observed between males and females. Age-specific blood pressure distributions are also presented. Together, these findings will be useful for understanding blood pressure trends among adolescents.
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- Tatsuhiko Azegami
- Keio University Health Center, Yokohama-shi, Japan.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Keio University Health Center, Yokohama-shi, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Keio University Health Center, Yokohama-shi, Japan
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Hisamatsu T, Kinuta M. High blood pressure in childhood and adolescence. Hypertens Res 2024; 47:203-205. [PMID: 37875674 DOI: 10.1038/s41440-023-01488-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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- Takashi Hisamatsu
- Department of Public Health, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
- NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan.
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- Department of Public Health, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Azegami T, Uchida K, Sato Y, Murai-Takeda A, Inokuchi M, Itoh H, Mori M. Pediatric blood pressure category predicts longitudinal blood pressure change in adolescence and early adulthood. Pediatr Res 2023; 94:1731-1737. [PMID: 37253789 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02675-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patterns of blood pressure (BP) change from early adolescence to young adulthood have not been well-described. The objective of this study was to examine the predictive value of pediatric BP classification on BP change and identify subpopulations with large BP increases during adolescence and early adulthood. METHODS Baseline data were obtained from medical checkups of Japanese adolescents aged 12-13 years in 2009 or 2010 and subsequent BP values were followed for a 9-year period. Mixed-effects models were used to estimate the effects of baseline factors on subsequent BP changes. RESULTS Hypertensive and elevated BP group consistently had higher BP values than normal BP group throughout the observation period. Multivariate mixed-effects model analyses revealed group-by-time interactions between systolic BP change and BP category in males and uric acid category in females, and between diastolic BP change and white blood cell count in males and obesity and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in females; however, these factors had limited effects on the rate of BP increase, indicating that they are not suitable as clinical predictors of BP increase. CONCLUSIONS Pediatric BP category predicted BP values, but there was no factor that identified subpopulations with large BP increases in adolescence and early adulthood. IMPACT Blood pressure category in the American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guideline at age 12-13 years predicted subsequent blood pressure values during adolescence and early adulthood. No baseline factor that identified a subpopulation with large increase in blood pressure during adolescence and early adulthood in clinical practice was found. Our study contributes to the existing literature by demonstrating the usefulness of the American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guideline for blood pressure classification in a Japanese population.
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- Tatsuhiko Azegami
- Keio University Health Center, Yokohama-shi, Japan.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Keio University Health Center, Yokohama-shi, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Keio University Health Center, Yokohama-shi, Japan
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Visaria A, Lo D, Maniar P, Dave B. Age and physiologic considerations for the associations among height components, blood pressure, and pulse wave velocity. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2020; 22:2163-2164. [PMID: 32941669 DOI: 10.1111/jch.14033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Aayush Visaria
- Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.,North American Disease Intervention, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- North American Disease Intervention, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- North American Disease Intervention, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.,New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA
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- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA
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Anthropometric Indices in the Prediction of Hypertension in Female Adolescents. IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL 2017. [DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.14591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Moselakgomo VK, Toriola AL, Shaw BS, Goon DT, Akinyemi O. Índice de massa corpórea, sobrepeso e pressão arterial em escolares na província de Limpopo, África do Sul. REVISTA PAULISTA DE PEDIATRIA 2012. [DOI: 10.1590/s0103-05822012000400015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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OBJETIVO: Avaliar a relação entre índice de massa corporal, sobrepeso e pressão arterial em crianças e adolescentes da área rural da África do Sul. MÉTODOS: A amostra abrangeu 1.172 escolares (541 meninos e 631 meninas) com idades entre 10 e 16 anos. Estatura, massa corporal e dobras cutâneas foram medidas por meio de procedimentos padrão. O sobrepeso foi definido pelo índice de massa corporal para idade e sexo. A pressão arterial foi monitorada três vezes em cada criança com o uso de aparelhos eletrônicos validados (Omron HEM-705 CP, Omron, Tóquio, Japão). A hipertensão foi determinada como a média de três leituras da pressão arterial, em que a sistólica ou a diastólica foi igual ou acima do percentil 90 para idade e sexo. Estatísticas descritivas foram calculadas para todas as variáveis. RESULTADOS: A prevalência de sobrepeso foi de 5,5% para meninos e 4,4% para meninas. A taxa de crianças com pressão arterial acima do percentil 90 variou de 2,3 a 5,9%. A probabilidade do desenvolvimento de hipertensão em crianças é perceptível aos dez anos, tanto para os meninos (0,2%) quanto para as meninas (0,1%), e oscilou de 0,2 a 1,7% para o sexo masculino e de 0,1 a 1,2% para o feminino. Considerando-se a amostra total, a prevalência de hipertensão foi de 4,1% para os meninos e 2,8% para as meninas. A pressão arterial apresentou correlação positiva com estatura, massa corporal, índice de massa corporal, gordura corpórea e soma das dobras cutâneas (p<0,001). CONCLUSÕES: A pressão arterial aumentou com a idade tanto para os meninos quanto para as meninas. A medição da pressão arterial de rotina, como parte do exame físico em escolares, é crucial para fins de prevenção e medidas de intervenção precoces.
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MUSA DANLADII, WILLIAMS CRAIGA. Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Fatness, and Blood Pressure Associations in Nigerian Youth. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2012; 44:1978-85. [PMID: 22543736 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31825ae19d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Fujita Y, Kouda K, Nakamura H, Nishio N, Takeuchi H, Iki M. Relationship between height and blood pressure in Japanese schoolchildren. Pediatr Int 2010; 52:689-93. [PMID: 20136723 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2010.03093.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Blood pressure examinations for health education use have been conducted at several schools in Japan. It has been reported that blood pressure is closely associated with bodyweight and height in US children. The aim of the present paper was to evaluate the association between height and blood pressure in Japanese schoolchildren. METHODS In Iwata city in Japan, blood pressure screening was conducted by the school administration. A total of 98.9% (10,152/10,270 children) of all fifth (10-year-olds) and ninth graders (14-year-olds) residing in the Old Iwata area from 2002 to 2007 were analyzed. RESULTS In 10-year-old and 14-year-old boys, regression analysis indicated that a positive correlation between weight and blood pressure was the strongest among the three body size indices (height, weight, and body mass index), but the association between height and blood pressure was also significant. For girls from both the 10 and 14 year age groups, the correlation of weight and blood pressure was stronger than those for the other body size indices, but there were also significant associations between height and blood pressure, except for height and diastolic blood pressure in the 14-year-olds. CONCLUSIONS There is a significant positive relationship between height and blood pressure. Further study is necessary to provide a blood pressure reference based on height in the Japanese program to prevent children from developing lifestyle-related risk factors.
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- Yuki Fujita
- Department of Public Health, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan.
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Ejike CECC, Ugwu CE, Ezeanyika LUS. Variations in the prevalence of point (pre)hypertension in a Nigerian school-going adolescent population living in a semi-urban and an urban area. BMC Pediatr 2010; 10:13. [PMID: 20214768 PMCID: PMC2841152 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Accepted: 03/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hypertension has been shown to start in early life and to track into adulthood. Detecting adolescents with hypertension and prehypertension will aid early intervention and reduce morbidity and mortality from the disorders. This study reports the point-prevalence of the two disorders in a semi-urban and an urban population of school-going adolescents in Nigeria. METHODS A total of 843 adolescents from two places of domicile were studied. Their blood pressures and anthropometric indices were measured using standard protocol. Point-hypertension and point-prehypertension were defined with respect to each subject's gender, age and height. The prevalence of the disorders was calculated and reported age-wise and nutritional status-wise. RESULTS The prevalence of point-prehypertension in the semi-urban area was 22.2% (20.7% for girls and 23.1% for boys) while it was 25.0% (21.8% for girls and 29.2% for boys) in the urban area. The prevalence of point-hypertension was 4.6% (4.1% for girls and 4.8% for boys) in the semi-urban area and 17.5% (18.0% for girls and 16.9% for boys) in the urban area. Point-prehypertension was not detected among the thin subjects of both places of domicile. The prevalence of point-prehypertension was similar in both the urban and semi-urban areas among the subjects who had normal BMI-for-age, and over-weight/obese subjects respectively. From the semi-urban to the urban area, the prevalence of point-hypertension increased approximately 3-folds among thin and normal BMI-for-age subjects, and 10-folds among overweight/obese subjects. Systolic hypertension was more preponderant in both the semi-urban and urban areas. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of both disorders is considerably high in the studied populations. Urgent pediatric public health action is needed to address the situation.
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- Chukwunonso ECC Ejike
- Department of Biochemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Nigeria
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Nigeria
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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Determinants of inappropriate circadian blood pressure variability in children with essential hypertension. Can J Cardiol 2009; 25:e13-6. [PMID: 19148343 DOI: 10.1016/s0828-282x(09)70024-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Inappropriate daily profile of blood pressure deteriorates the clinical outcome of hypertension and increases distant cardiovascular risk. The problem is important, especially in children and adolescents in whom early intervention helps to prevent complications of hypertension such as left ventricular hypertrophy and hypertensive retinopathy. OBJECTIVES To assess circadian blood pressure profile and basic determinants of inappropriate daily blood pressure variability in hypertensive children. METHODS The project was conducted retrospectively in 106 children six to 18 years of age (mean [+/- SD] 14.9+/-2.5 years) with essential hypertension and no use of antihypertensive drugs. The study group included 43 children with inappropriate daily blood pressure variability ('nondippers') and 63 controls with appropriate daily blood pressure variability ('dippers'). RESULTS Nondippers, compared with dippers, had higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure at night (systolic, 123.9+/-10.3 mmHg versus 113.9+/-8.2 mmHg; diastolic, 65.1+/-7.6 mmHg versus 59.5+/-6.5 mmHg; P<0.0001), and higher blood pressure load at night (systolic, 61.9% versus 27.6%; diastolic, 20.0% versus 9.6%; P<0.0001). Male sex increased the risk for nondipping by 2.5 times (logistic OR=2.45; 95% CI 0.87 to 6.87). However, the increase was statistically nonsignificant (P=0.08). No differences were observed between dippers and nondippers in terms of anthropometric profile, family history of hypertension, morphological and biochemical blood parameters, and birth weight. CONCLUSIONS Among hypertensive children, nondippers have a more severe degree of hypertension. Male sex increases the risk of nondipping. To assess determinants of nondipping more precisely, further clinical investigations are needed.
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Chen X, Wang Y. The influence of sexual maturation on blood pressure and body fatness in African-American adolescent girls and boys. Am J Hum Biol 2009; 21:105-12. [DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Ovesen L. Adolescence: A Critical Period for Long-Term Tracking of Risk for Coronary Heart Disease? ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 2006; 50:317-24. [PMID: 16809899 DOI: 10.1159/000094294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tracking of dietary and physical activity patterns throughout adolescence into adulthood is low, which indicates that risk patterns for coronary heart disease are not maintained. Biological risk factors for heart disease, particularly obesity and clusters of nutritionally modifiable risk factors (e.g. the metabolic syndrome), display somewhat higher tracking correlations. Tracking gives little guidance as to how to use this information for screening purposes. For behavioral and biological risk factors predictive values and sensitivities and specificities are generally low, suggesting that population-based approaches are likely to be more effective than targeting only the high-risk subset for reducing the risk of coronary heart disease.
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- Lars Ovesen
- National Heart Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Bar Dayan Y, Elishkevits K, Grotto I, Goldstein L, Goldberg A, Shvarts S, Levin A, Ohana N, Onn E, Levi Y, Bar Dayan Y. The prevalence of obesity and associated morbidity among 17-year-old Israeli conscripts. Public Health 2005; 119:385-9. [PMID: 15780326 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2003] [Revised: 02/09/2004] [Accepted: 05/23/2004] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND There has been a significant increase in the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents over the last few decades. Obesity is associated with significant psychosocial and physical morbidity. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to define the prevalence of obesity and associated morbidity, including type 2 diabetes and hypertension, among 17-year-old adolescents. A comparison between the morbidity patterns of females and males was also performed. DESIGN All 17-year-old Israeli nationals are obliged by law to present at the Israel Defence Forces recruiting office for a medical examination, with the exception of orthodox religious and Arabic adolescents. Height and weight are measured and classified, and a trained specialist evaluates those with suspected associated diseases. The level of education is also recorded. RESULTS Our survey included 76,732 adolescents, 32,402(42.2%) females and 44,330(57.8%) males. The prevalence of obesity and morbid obesity among 17-year-old Israeli conscripts was 4.1% in males and 3.3% in females. The prevalence of borderline overweight was 12.4% in males and 11.4% in females. The prevalence of hypertension and type 2 diabetes was significantly higher among conscripts with BMI>30 kg/m2 in both genders. There was also a significantly higher prevalence of hypertension and type 2 diabetes in males compared with females(P<0.001, 0.015). A significantly higher prevalence of conscripts without high-school education(<10 years of education) was found among females with BMI>30 kg/m2. There was no significant difference among the male conscripts. CONCLUSIONS This study found a relatively low prevalence of obesity among 17-year-old Israeli conscripts, but an alarmingly high prevalence of borderline overweight. Obesity was correlated with a higher prevalence of hypertension and type 2 diabetes, and a lower level of education. There was a significant difference between genders in the prevalence of hypertension and type 2 diabetes, and this should be further investigated. These data call for the creation of new education programmes on the prevention of overweight among children and adolescents.
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- Y Bar Dayan
- Surgeon General Headquarters Israeli Airforce, IAF, Beer Sheva, Israel.
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Watkins D, McCarron P, Murray L, Cran G, Boreham C, Robson P, McGartland C, Davey Smith G, Savage M. Trends in blood pressure over 10 years in adolescents: analyses of cross sectional surveys in the Northern Ireland Young Hearts project. BMJ 2004; 329:139. [PMID: 15226191 PMCID: PMC478219 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38149.510139.7c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine secular trends in blood pressure over a 10 year period between two representative cohorts of adolescents from Northern Ireland. DESIGN Repeat cross sectional study. SETTING Randomly selected post-primary schools from Northern Ireland. PARTICIPANTS 1015 adolescents studied between 1989 and 1990, and 2017 adolescents studied between 1999 and 2001. Participants were aged 12 or 15 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Systolic and diastolic blood pressure measured by one observer in each study. RESULTS The four groups for sex and age showed decreases in both systolic blood pressure (mean decrease 7.7 mm Hg to 10.0 mm Hg) and diastolic blood pressure (8.8 mm Hg to 11.0 mm Hg). These decreases were not accounted for by adjustment for potential confounders including age, height, body mass index, smoking, physical activity, aerobic fitness, and stratification of school by education board area and type. The findings were not altered by additional adjustment for social class, pubertal status, birth weight, and infant feeding. No evidence was found of systematic variation between observers. CONCLUSIONS Substantial decreases in systolic and diastolic blood pressure over the past decade in adolescents from Northern Ireland are likely to have important benefits to public health and may help offset the increasing risk of cardiovascular disease due to increases in obesity.
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- David Watkins
- Department of Child Health, Queens University of Belfast, Institute of Clinical Science, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6JB.
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Kozieł S, Kołodziej H, Ulijaszek S. Body size, fat distribution, menarcheal age and blood pressure in 14-year-old girls. Eur J Epidemiol 2003; 17:1111-5. [PMID: 12530770 DOI: 10.1023/a:1021220814413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The relationships between body size and fatness and blood pressure are generally acknowledged. The majority of the few studies that have examined the effect of fat distribution and maturation rate on blood pressure have used secondary sex characteristics as the measure of maturity. The aim of the present study is to examine the associations between blood pressure and relative weight, fat distribution, recalled menarcheal age and occurrence of menstruation (yes/no) in a sample comprising of 1149 14-year-old girls. METHODS Systolic and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), height, weight and body circumferences were measured using standard protocols. Fatness was expressed as body mass index (BMI, kg/m2), whereas fat distribution was estimated by using waist-to-hip ratio. The girls' maturity status was assessed from exact recalled date of menarche. One-way analysis of covariance and multiple linear regression analyses were used to determine the strength of association among systolic blood pressure (SBP), DBP and BMI, menarcheal age and indices of fat distribution. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Height and BMI are significantly associated with SBP. Relative weight is the most important factor related to SBP independently of chronological age and maturity status. Height and age at menarche are significantly associated with DBP. Height of 14-year-old girls shows the same strength of association with SBP and DBP, whereas maturity status negatively correlates with DBP. Fat distribution shows no effect on the level of DBP in girls.
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- S Kozieł
- Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.
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Williams CL, Bollella MC, Strobino BA, Spark A, Nicklas TA, Tolosi LB, Pittman BP. "Healthy-start": outcome of an intervention to promote a heart healthy diet in preschool children. J Am Coll Nutr 2002; 21:62-71. [PMID: 11838889 DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2002.10719195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We evaluated the effects of a preschool nutrition education and food service intervention "Healthy Start," on two-to-five-year-old children in nine Head Start Centers in upstate NY. The primary objective was to reduce the saturated fat (sat-fat) content of preschool meals to <10% daily energy (E) and to reduce consumption of sat-fat by preschoolers to <10% E. METHODS Six centers were assigned to the food service intervention and three to control condition. Food service intervention included training workshops for cooks and monthly site visits to review progress towards goals. Child dietary intake at preschool was assessed by direct observation and plate waste measurement. Dietary intake at home was assessed by parental food record and telephone interviews. Dietary data were collected each Fall/Spring over two years, including five days of menus and recipes from each center. Dietary data were analyzed with the Minnesota NDS software. RESULTS Consumption of saturated fat from school meals decreased significantly from 1.0%E to 10.4%E after one year of intervention and to 8.0%E after the second year, compared with an increase of 10.2% to 13.0% to 11.4%E, respectively, for control schools (p < 0.001). Total caloric intake was adequately maintained for both groups. Analysis of preschool menus and recipes over the two-year period of intervention showed a significant decrease in sat-fat content in intervention preschools (from 12.5 at baseline to 8.0%E compared with a change of 12.1%E to >11.6%E in control preschools (p < 0.001)). Total fat content of menus also decreased significantly in intervention schools (31.0% to >25.0%E) compared with controls (29.9% to >28.4%E). CONCLUSIONS The Healthy Start food service intervention was effective in reducing the fat and saturated fat content of preschool meals and reducing children's consumption of saturated fat at preschool without compromising energy intake or intake of essential nutrients. These goals are consistent with current U.S Dietary Guidelines for children older than two years of age.
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- Christine L Williams
- Children's Cardiovascular Health Center, Columbia University, Institute of Human Nutrition and Department of Pediatrics, Babies and Children's Hospital, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Mundal R, Kjeldsen SE, Sandvik L, Erikssen G, Thaulow E, Erikssen J. Predictors of 7-year changes in exercise blood pressure: effects of smoking, physical fitness and pulmonary function. J Hypertens 1997; 15:245-9. [PMID: 9468451 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715030-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The health status of 1999 apparently healthy men, aged 40-59 years, was ascertained after 16 years. We found that their systolic blood pressure during an ergometer exercise test added prognostic information beyond that from their blood pressure at rest concerning total cardiovascular mortality and mortality from myocardial infarction. OBJECTIVE To determine predictors of the change in systolic blood pressure at rest during 7 years and of the change in the prognostically important peak exercise systolic blood pressure at 600 kilopondmetres/min during 7 years. METHODS Predictors of the changes in blood pressures were investigated in 1393 middle-aged men who had been healthy without drug treatment for chronic disease or hypertension for 7 years. Twelve potential independent predictors were investigated. RESULTS Previous blood pressures, age and body mass index were independent predictors and could explain 18% of the change in systolic blood pressure at rest over 7 years. For systolic blood pressure at 600 kilopondmetres/min also smoking was associated with a rise whereas a high body mass index, physical fitness and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (all P< 0.001) were associated with lower blood pressure, explaining 19% of the variability. CONCLUSIONS Beyond a relatively strong tracking of blood pressures and the expected effect of age, smoking is associated with a 7-year rise in exercise systolic blood pressure whereas relatively higher body mass, physical fitness and pulmonary function are associated with lower exercise systolic blood pressure after 7 years in middle-aged healthy men.
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- R Mundal
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Essential hypertension is a "disease of civilization" but has a clear genetic component. From an evolutionary perspective, persistence in the human genome of elements capable of raising blood pressure presupposes their adaptive significance. Recently, two hypotheses that explicitly appeal to selectionist arguments, the "slavery" and "thrifty gene" theories, have been forwarded. We find neither completely successful, and we advance an alternative explanation of the adaptive importance of genes responsible for hypertension. We propose that blood pressure rises during childhood and adolescence to subserve homeostatic needs of the organism. Specifically, we contend that blood pressure is a flexible element in the repertoire of renal homeostatic mechanisms serving to match renal function to growth. The effect of modern diet and lifestyle on human growth stimulates earlier and more vigorous development, straining biologically necessary relationships between renal and general somatic growth and requiring compensation via homeostatic mechanisms preserved during evolution. Prime among such mechanisms is blood pressure, which rises as a compensation to maintain renal function in the face of greater growth. Since virtually all members of acculturated societies share in the modern lifestyle, the demands imposed by accelerated growth and development result in a populational shift to higher blood pressures, with a consequent increase in the prevalence of hypertension. We propose that hypertension is the product of maladaptation of highly genetically conserved mechanisms subserving important biological homeostatic needs. Elucidation of the mechanisms underlying hypertension will require approaches that examine the developmental processes linking growth to blood pressure.
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- A B Weder
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104-0356
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Nieto-García FJ, Edwards LA. On the spurious correlation between changes in blood pressure and initial values. J Clin Epidemiol 1990; 43:727-8. [PMID: 2370580 DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(90)90044-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Kneisley J, Schork N, Julius S. Predictors of blood pressure and hypertension in Tecumseh, Michigan. CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HYPERTENSION. PART A, THEORY AND PRACTICE 1990; 12:693-708. [PMID: 2208743 DOI: 10.3109/10641969009073493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Correlates of present blood pressure status are analyzed in 576 subjects (271 males, average age 32 years) in Tecumseh, Michigan. In addition to the current values, anthropometric and blood pressure data are available when the subjects were, on average, 6.9 and 22.2 years of age. Data on 351 fathers and 368 mothers when they were, on average, 32 years old are also available. Moderate, but significant correlations were found between present and past blood pressure and between past weight or skinfold thickness and the present blood pressure. These correlations were much weaker for childhood values than for values at age 22. When multiple regression techniques were used with blood pressure values at age 22 and parental values as independent variables, 40% of the present systolic blood pressure variance could be explained. Prediction of present hypertension status (blood pressure greater than 140 and/or 90 mm Hg) was evaluated by discriminant analysis. Three variables (weight at age 22, systolic blood pressure at age 22, and father's diastolic blood pressure) entered the model and accurately predicted the present blood pressure classification in 89% of the sample. When current blood pressure status was assessed with respect to previous blood pressure classification (upper 20%), family background, and overweight, a gradient of risk for hypertension was found. On the low end of risk was high childhood pressure (risk 19.1% versus 12.1% in the overall population). The highest risk occurred for those with high pressure and overweight at 22 years who also had a family background of high blood pressure (44% versus 12.1%). The prediction of hypertension from young adulthood to the early fourth decade of life is feasible and permits delineation of populations targeted for primary prevention.
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- J Kneisley
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0356
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Response. J Clin Epidemiol 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(90)90045-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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