Department of Physiology and Environmental Health, University of Limpopo, Polokwane 0700, South Africa.
Department of Physiology, Sefako Makgatho Health Science University, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Aug 27;13(9):856. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13090856.
To date, there has been no study done investigating the relationship between the components of height and blood pressure (BP) in rural South African children. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between height, sitting height (SH), leg length (LL), and SH-to-height ratio (SH/H) with BP in Ellisras rural children. All children underwent anthropometric and BP measurements using standard procedure. Linear regression was used to assess the relationship between height, SH, LL, SH/H, and BP. The regression showed a positive significant (p < 0.001) association between systolic BP (SBP) with height and SH (β ranged from 0.127 to 0.134 and 95% CI ranged from 0.082 to 0.415). Diastolic BP (DBP) also showed a positive significant (p < 0.001) association with height and SH (β ranged from 0.080 to 0.088 and 95% CI ranged from 0.042 to 0.259). After having been adjusted for age, gender, body mass index, and waist circumference, DBP showed a positive significant (p < 0.05) association with height. There was a positive significant association between DBP and SBP together with the components of height amongst Ellisras rural children.
迄今为止，还没有研究调查南非农村儿童身高各组成部分与血压（BP）之间的关系。因此，本研究旨在调查埃利斯拉斯农村儿童的身高、坐高（SH）、腿长（LL）和 SH 与身高之比（SH/H）与血压之间的关系。所有儿童均采用标准程序进行人体测量和血压测量。线性回归用于评估身高、SH、LL、SH/H 与 BP 之间的关系。回归显示收缩压（SBP）与身高和 SH 呈正显著（p<0.001）相关（β 范围为 0.127 至 0.134，95%CI 范围为 0.082 至 0.415）。舒张压（DBP）与身高和 SH 也呈正显著（p<0.001）相关（β 范围为 0.080 至 0.088，95%CI 范围为 0.042 至 0.259）。在调整年龄、性别、体重指数和腰围后，DBP 与身高呈正显著（p<0.05）相关。DBP 和 SBP 与身高各组成部分之间存在正显著关联，这在埃利斯拉斯农村儿童中是一致的。
