title: Association of obesity with hypertension amongst school-age children belonging to lower income group and middle income group in national capital territory of delhi.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Hypertension is one of the most common diseases world-wide and the prevalence in school-aged children appears to be increasing perhaps as a result of increased prevalence of obesity. Thus, the present study was planned to establish an association between body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) with hypertension amongst school children in the age group of 5-16 years belonging to lower income group (LIG) and middle income group (MIG) in National Capital Territory of Delhi.
  
  
  METHODS
  Population proportionate to size methodology was adopted to select 30 clusters/schools in each LIG and MIG category. About 170 children from each school were selected randomly with the help of random number tables. Anthropometric measurements of weight, height and WC and blood pressure measurements were taken by using the standard methodology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  t0 he prevalence of high systolic blood pressure (SBP) in LIG and MIG school population was 3.8 and 4.4% with high WC and BMI are more likely to have hypertension.
  
  
  METHODS
  Population proportionate to size methodology was adopted to select 30 clusters/schools in each LIG and MIG category. About 170 children from each school were selected randomly with the help of random number tables. Anthropometric measurements of weight, height and WC and blood pressure measurements were taken by using the standard methodology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  t0 he prevalence of high systolic blood pressure (SBP) in LIG and MIG school population was 3.8 and 4.4% with high WC and BMI are more likely to have hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Supreet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Hps
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sachdev
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lakshmi
authors.forename: Umesh
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kapil
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sareen
keywords: Body mass index; hypertension; waist circumference
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