High blood pressure and its association with body weight among children and adolescents in the United Arab Emirates

To estimate the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) and its relationship with obesity among children and adolescents. In this cross-sectional population (Emirati) representative study, we invited a random sample of 1600 students (grades 1-12) attending 23 out of all 246 schools in the Emirate of...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-01, Vol.9 (1), p.e85129-e85129
Main Authors: Abdulle, Abdishakur, Al-Junaibi, Abdulla, Nagelkerke, Nicolaas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent obesity
Adolescents
Age
Analysis
Biology
Blood
Blood pressure
Blood Pressure - physiology
Body mass
Body Mass Index
Body size
Body weight
Body Weight - physiology
Child
Child health
Childhood obesity
Children
Consent
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes
Disease prevention
Epidemiology
Female
Girls
Health risk assessment
Health sciences
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - physiopathology
Male
Medicine
Obesity
Pediatrics
Population
Population studies
Regression analysis
Schools
Sex
Social networks
Students
Studies
Teenagers
Trends
United Arab Emirates
Waist Circumference - physiology
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Summary:To estimate the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) and its relationship with obesity among children and adolescents. In this cross-sectional population (Emirati) representative study, we invited a random sample of 1600 students (grades 1-12) attending 23 out of all 246 schools in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. But analysis was restricted to Emirati nationals aged 6-17 years. We measured BP, height, weight, waist circumferences (WC), and calculated body mass index (BMI) by standard methods. BP levels ≥ 90(th) percentile but
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0085129