Association between arterial hypertension and nutritional status in adolescents from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Adolescents are a population with unique lifestyle challenges, including physical inactivity, inadequate nutrition, and obesity, all of which increase the risk of developing hypertension (HTN). The objective of this study has been to estimate the prevalence of factors associated with hypertension in...

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Published in:PloS one 2017-12, Vol.12 (12), p.e0188782-e0188782
Main Authors: de Almeida, Mayara Maria Souza, Guimarães, Rafael Alves, Jardim, Paulo César Brandão Veiga, Sousa, Ana Luiza Lima, de Souza, Márcia Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Alcohol use
Anthropometry
Arteries - physiopathology
Biology and Life Sciences
Blood pressure
Blood Pressure - physiology
Body mass
Body weight
Brazil - epidemiology
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases
Children & youth
Chronic illnesses
Diabetes
Diastole - physiology
Exercise
Female
Girls
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - epidemiology
Hypertension - physiopathology
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Nursing
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Obesity
Overweight
People and Places
Physical activity
Poisson density functions
Population studies
Pressure data
Prevalence
Public participation
Regression Analysis
Risk analysis
Risk Factors
Risk management
Schools
Social Sciences
Statistical analysis
Studies
Systematic review
Systole - physiology
Teenagers
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Summary:Adolescents are a population with unique lifestyle challenges, including physical inactivity, inadequate nutrition, and obesity, all of which increase the risk of developing hypertension (HTN). The objective of this study has been to estimate the prevalence of factors associated with hypertension in adolescents in the city of Goiânia City, Central Brazil. Between 2013and2014, a cross-sectional population study on cardiovascular risk in adolescents, was conducted with the participation of 1,586 adolescents in 108 classes at 36 schools (public and private) in Goiânia city. All of the adolescents were interviewed to establish their sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics related to hypertension and nutritional status. Anthropometric and blood pressure data were collected following a protocol. A Poisson regression, stratified by gender, was used to verify the factors associated with HTN. In this mixed-gender group of 1,586 students, the prevalence of HTN was 6.2% (95% CI: 4.6-8.2%) in girls and 14.0% (95% CI: 10.2-18.8%) in boys-about twice as high in boys as in girls (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0188782