AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF BLOOD PRESSURE AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN |
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| Authors: | J MUKHOPADHYA SK KRISHNAN RK CHOUDHURY |
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| Affiliation: | *Classified Specialist Preventive Meditine, 6 Wing Air Force, C/O 99 APO;+Deputy Principal Med Offr, HQ Eastern Air Comd, C/O 99 APO;#Med Offr, 6 Wing, C/O 99 APO |
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| Abstract: | Blood pressure was measured in 1170 school children between 5 and 15 years of age. Mean blood pressure was significantly higher in boys than girls in all age groups and a steady increase in blood pressure with age was seen in both the sexes. Mean blood pressure was significantly higher among children with positive family history of cardiovascular morbidity. Children from higher socio-economic strata and overweight children also showed higher blood pressure. Nine (0.77%) children had persistent hypertension. However, the degree of hypertension was mild and all these children were asymptomatic. Baseline investigations failed to detect any underlying pathology or target organ involvement. This study suggests that childhood could be a reasonably profitable time to look for such factors and to selectively screen children belonging to the high risk group for hypertension.KEY WORDS: Hypertension, Blood pressure, Epidemiology |
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