Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2015

BLOOD PRESSURE SURVEY IN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL CHILDREN

Dr. Yashwanth Reddy Patel, Dr. Zion Eluzai, Dr. Bhaskar Reddy

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 This study was conducted among 501 residential school children (266 boys and 235 girls) of age (10–15 years) of Chaitanya Central School and Kesava Reddy High School to evaluate relationship of blood pressure with variables like age, sex, height, weight and body mass index (BMI) and to find out the prevalence of hypertension in children and its correlation with BMI. In the present study, the mean SBP and mean DBP howed a positive correlation with age, height, weight, and BMI from 10 to 15 year of age. The average annual increase of 2.1 mm Hg in both. SBP and DBP in boys and the average annual increase of 3.1 mm Hg in SBP and 2 mm Hg in DBP in girls. The overall prevalence of prehypertension was 11.2% and that for hypertension was 7.4%. In boys, overall prevalence of prehypertension was 11.7% that was 10.6% in girls and the prevalence of Hypertension in boys was 7.9% and that in girls was found to be 6.8%. it was observed that 81 % of obese patients had hypertension, 9.5 % had pre hypertension and remaining 9.5 % were normotensive.In over weight group 40.4 % patients had hypertension, 40.4% had pre hypertension and 9.2% were normal

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Dr.Yashwanth Reddy Patel, Dr. Zion Eluzai, Dr. Bhaskar Reddy Blood Pressure Survey in Residential School Children Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 6 June 2015

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