A Chungag1, C M Tata2, C R Sewani-Rusike2, W Nel3, B N Nkeh-Chungag4. 1. Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa. Email: achunag@ufh.ac.za. 2. Department of Human Biology, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa. 3. Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa. 4. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa. Email: bnkehchunag@wsu.ac.za.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Previous studies suggest a strong relationship between obesity and hypertension. This study aimed at evaluating the prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension in 10- to 14-year-old boys and girls in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and to determine the association between blood pressure parameters and selected measures of adiposity. METHODS: A cross-sectional, school-based study of 540 10- to14-year-old children from seven schools in the Eastern Cape Province was carried out. Anthropometry and blood pressure parameters were determined. RESULTS: All measures of adiposity and blood pressure were significantly higher in the girls (p < 0.05). The prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension was over 20 and 12%, respectively. Systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure were associated (r > 0.27; p < 0.05) with increasing levels of adiposity. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the importance of weight-control strategies for the prevention of hypertension in these adolescents and later on in life.
OBJECTIVES: Previous studies suggest a strong relationship between obesity and hypertension. This study aimed at evaluating the prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension in 10- to 14-year-old boys and girls in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and to determine the association between blood pressure parameters and selected measures of adiposity. METHODS: A cross-sectional, school-based study of 540 10- to14-year-old children from seven schools in the Eastern Cape Province was carried out. Anthropometry and blood pressure parameters were determined. RESULTS: All measures of adiposity and blood pressure were significantly higher in the girls (p < 0.05). The prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension was over 20 and 12%, respectively. Systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure were associated (r > 0.27; p < 0.05) with increasing levels of adiposity. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the importance of weight-control strategies for the prevention of hypertension in these adolescents and later on in life.
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Keywords:
adiposity; adolescent; hypertension; obesity; pre‐hypertension; school
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