title: Assessing cardiovascular risk in children: the Jackson, Mississippi CRRIC Study.
abstract: According to the NHANES III study, obesity, a cardiovascular risk factor, is now an epidemic in the United States. An estimated 97 million adults and one in five children between 6 and 17 are overweight. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among a group of 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at two randomly chosen elementary schools in Jackson, Mississippi. The sample consisted of 246 ethnic minority children. Results revealed that 16% of the boys had systolic blood pressures at or above the 90th percentile for sex and age and 13% had abnormally high diastolic blood pressures. For girls, 8% exhibited systolic blood pressures and 21% had diastolic blood pressures at or above the 90th percentile. Body mass index (BMI) levels revealed that 39% of the boys and 49% of the girls had BMIs at or above the 85th percentile for age and sex.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
authors.forename: Sheila P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arthur
authors.forename: Melvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Dena
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008922:Mississippi / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data