Nag Kaushik, Karmakar Nabarun, Saha Indranil, Dasgupta Samir, Mukhopadhyay Bijay Prasad, Islam Mondal Md Rafiul
Department of Community Medicine, Tripura Medical College and Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital, Agartala, Tripura, India.
Department of Community Medicine, IQ City Medical College, Durgapur, West Bengal, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2018 Jul-Sep;43(3):157-160. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_232_17.
High blood pressure (BP) is often an underdiagnosed problem, because of the asymptomatic nature in early phases of onset during adolescence. This increases the chances of developing complications later during adult life.
The objective of this study was to find the relationship of BP with anthropometric measurements among school-going adolescent boys.
It was a cross-sectional study conducted among 894 adolescent schoolboys aged 13 to 18 years from July 2013 to October 2014 in schools of Burdwan Municipal area, West Bengal. The required number of students from each school was determined by proportional probability sampling. Then, the required number of students from each school was selected by systematic random sampling technique. BP and anthropometric measurements such as weight, height, and waist circumference were done using standard guidelines.
The mean systolic and mean diastolic BP in the study participants was significantly higher with an increase in weight, height, waist circumference, and body mass index (BMI) ( < 0.05). BP was found to be positively correlated with different anthropometric measurements such as weight, height, waist circumference, and BMI, which were statistically significant.
Early detection of high BP and application of lifestyle modification among adolescents will be helpful in reducing the burden of high BP in adult life.
高血压常常是一个未被充分诊断的问题，因为在青少年发病的早期阶段具有无症状的特性。这增加了成年后发生并发症的几率。
本研究的目的是找出在校青少年男性中血压与人体测量学指标之间的关系。
这是一项横断面研究，于2013年7月至2014年10月在西孟加拉邦布尔丹市辖区的学校中，对894名年龄在13至18岁的青少年男学生进行。每所学校所需的学生数量通过按比例概率抽样确定。然后，通过系统随机抽样技术从每所学校选取所需数量的学生。使用标准指南测量血压和人体测量学指标，如体重、身高和腰围。
随着体重、身高、腰围和体重指数（BMI）的增加，研究参与者的平均收缩压和平均舒张压显著升高（<0.05）。发现血压与体重、身高、腰围和BMI等不同人体测量学指标呈正相关，且具有统计学意义。
青少年中高血压的早期检测和生活方式改变的应用将有助于减轻成年后高血压的负担。
