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Exceso de peso y su relación con presión arterial alta en escolares y adolescentes de Medellín, Colombia
Rosa Magdalena Uscátegui Peñuela, Jaime Alberto Pérez Giraldo, Juan Carlos Aristizábal Rivera, Jesús Antonio Camacho Pérez
Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Medicina. Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética. Medallín-Colombia.
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SUMMARY
Excess of weight and their relationship with high blood pressure in schoolchildren and adolescents of Medellín, Colombia
A cross sectional study was carried out in order to investigate the association between excess weight based on body mass index (≥ p85 Must scales), and high diastolic and sistolic blood pressure (≥ p90 Task Force Blood Pressure Control in Children scales). The sample consisted of 1253 male and 1358 female, aged 6 -18 years in the city of Medellín, Colombia. Excess weight was observed in 14.3% of males and 13.7% of females, with higher prevalence at 6 to 9 years old in any gender. Diastolic high blood values were significantly higher in males (4.9%) when compared to females (2.9%) (p=0.007), and high sistolic values were found similarly in males (1.6%) and females (1.0%) (p=0.203). This study confirmed the statistically significant association between high body mass index ( ≥ p85) and high sistolic (RP 4.04; IC 2.03-8.04) and diastolic (RP 3.44; IC 2.32-5.09) blood pressure.
Key words: overweight, body mass index, high blood pressure, schoolchildren, adolescents.
Recibido: 19/03/2002
Aceptado: 01/08/2003
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ALAN-VE ISSN 0004-0622 - Depósito Legal: pp 199602DF83
Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición
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