title: [Impact of body mass index on blood pressures in a college student population].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the morbidity of hypertension and prehypertension and analyze the association between body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure in Chinese college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  This epidemiological study involved 490 Chinese college students (aged 15-25 years, mean 18.9∓1.2 years), and their body height, body weight, blood pressure and heart rate were recorded. The BMI was divided into four groups according to Chinese population standard classification.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most students were southern Han Chinese. The incidences of overweight plus obesity and obesity were 12.9% and 4.1%, respectively. The morbidity of hypertension was 0.8% in this student population. The incidences of hypertension and pre-hypertension were higher in high BMI groups than those in low BMI groups. The systolic blood pressures were significantly higher in over-weight and obese groups than in the normal BMI and lean groups. BMI was positively correlated to systolic and diastolic blood pressures in this population.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High BMI is a predictor of elevated blood pressure in adolescent students.
authors.affiliation: Fisrt College of Clinical Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China. typchen@jnu.edu.cn
authors.forename: You-peng
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xu-jing
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Si-min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Feng-mei
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Gui
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hocher
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berthold
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D012307:Risk Factors; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult