title: [Excess of weight and their relationship with high blood pressure in schoolchildren and adolescents of Medellin, Colombia].
abstract: A cross sectional study was carried out in order to investigate the association between excess weight based on body mass index (> or = p85 Must scales), and high diastolic and sistolic blood pressure (> or = p90 Task Force Blood Pressure Control in Children scales). The sample consisted of 1253 male and 1358 female, aged 6 -18 years in the city of Medellín, Colombia. Excess weight was observed in 14.3% of males and 13.7% of females, with higher prevalence at 6 to 9 years old in any gender. Diastolic high blood values were significantly higher in males (4.9%) when compared to females (2.9%) (p = 0.007), and high sistolic values were found similarly in males (1.6%) and females (1.0%) (p = 0.203). This study confirmed the statistically significant association between high body mass index (> or = p85) and high sistolic (RP 4.04; IC 2.03-8.04) and diastolic (RP 3.44; IC 2.32-5.09) blood pressure.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética. Medellín-Colombia.
authors.forename: Rosa Magdalena
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Uscátegui Peñuela
authors.forename: Jaime Alberto
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pérez Giraldo
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Aristizábal Rivera
authors.forename: Jesús Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Camacho Pérez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric