title: [Unhealthy behavior associated with the development of high blood pressure in adolescents].
abstract: This article aims to evaluate the association between unhealthy behavior pattern and prevalence and incidence of high blood pressure in adolescents. Based on data from a cohort study with a baseline population of 2,813 adolescents enrolled in a public school system, the study measured the baseline prevalence and incidence of high blood pressure as a function of smoking, alcohol and illegal drug use, and physical activity. These variables were used to build a model called "unhealthy behavior pattern", and its relationship was evaluated in relation to high blood pressure in adolescents, using multiple logistic regression models. Prevalence of high blood pressure was 8.67%. Accumulated incidence of high blood pressure was 7.58%. In the multivariate analysis of high blood pressure adjusted by degree of adiposity, there was an association with the unhealthy behavior pattern in males (OR = 3.13; 95%CI: 1.67-5.84). The association between incidence of high blood pressure and unhealthy behavior pattern was observed in females (OR = 2.34; 95%CI: 1.11-4.95). In conclusion, high blood pressure is present in the adolescent population, associated with unhealthy behaviors like smoking, alcohol and illegal drug use, and physical inactivity, independently of the degree of adiposity.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México.
authors.forename: Luisa María
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Zamorano
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México.
authors.forename: Ana Isabel
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Burguete-García
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, México.
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flores-Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Cuernavaca, México.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salmerón-Castro
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México.
authors.forename: Eduardo C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Lazcano-Ponce
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México.
authors.forename: Cinthya E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Diaz-Benitez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects