The study of blood pressure profile among school going adolescents in urban Agra

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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Akash K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMisra, Sunil K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorChaudhary, Shailendra S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Geetuen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:45:12Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:45:12Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.description.abstractBackground: Hypertension once considered a problem of adults only in the high income countries, now dramatically is on the rise in low and middle income countries. An established predictor of adult hypertension and organ damage is childhood hypertension. Thus for the control, effective treatment and prevention of its complications, early diagnosis of hypertension in adolescents in an important strategy. The objective was to study the blood pressure profile and its socio-demographic determinants among school going adolescents in urban Agra.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was done among 534 adolescent in age group of 13-18 years studying in various government and private schools in urban Agra. Socio demographic details, anthropometric measurements and family history of hypertension were obtained. Also the dietary habits, physical activity, mode of transport to school were included in the present study. Blood pressure was measured at 0 and 30 minutes and average of two readings was taken as the final reading of that individual.Results: It was found that 49.82% of the study subjects had above normal blood pressure and among them 21.16% were hypertensive and 28.66% had pre-hypertension. Higher blood pressure showed a statistically significant (p<0.05) association with gender, age, dietary habits, physical activity, body mass index, and parental history of hypertension.Conclusions: Hypertension among the adolescent age group was very high. Prevalence of high blood pressure significantly associated with age, gender, family history of hypertension, physical activity, type of school and dietary habits.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, S.N. Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationSingh Akash K., Misra Sunil K., Chaudhary Shailendra S., Singh Geetu. The study of blood pressure profile among school going adolescents in urban Agra. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Jul; 6(7): 2891-2897en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn23946040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201534
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber7en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20192821en_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectHypertensionen_US
dc.subjectSchoolen_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.titleThe study of blood pressure profile among school going adolescents in urban Agraen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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