title: Prevalence of Hypertension Among School Children in a Rural Area of Tamil Nadu.
abstract: A cross-sectional study was conducted to measure the prevalence of hypertension among 310 rural school children in Tamil Nadu. The prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension was 10% and 14.2%, respectively. Prevalence was significantly higher among and private school students. We recommend that children should be screened for hypertension for early diagnosis and prevention of complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puduchermamil Nadu, India. stalinmedico@gmail.com.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kishorkumar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stalin
authors.forename: R Vishnu
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Zile
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence