Singh B M, Vashisht S, Bachani D
Dept. of P&S.M, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi.
Indian J Public Health. 1994 Jan-Mar;38(1):14-7.
Adolescent students of a rural block were studied to find out variation in blood pressure in relation to sex, caste and socioeconomic status. Females had significantly higher mean values of blood pressure; both systolic and diastolic. There was significant variation in systolic blood pressure amongst adolescents of various socio- economic classes. Prevalence of systolic hypertension (95 percentile) was higher in adolescents of upper middle social class and diastolic hypertension in Prestige castes. It is suggested that screening for hypertension should be done at school leaving age and high risk adolescents should be advised about periodic check-up, proper diet, salt restrictions and exercise so that frank hypertension could be prevented in adulthood.
对一个农村地区的青少年学生进行了研究，以了解血压在性别、种姓和社会经济地位方面的差异。女性的血压平均值显著更高，包括收缩压和舒张压。不同社会经济阶层的青少年收缩压存在显著差异。社会中上层青少年的收缩期高血压（第95百分位数）患病率较高，而在享有特权的种姓中舒张压高血压患病率较高。建议在学生毕业时进行高血压筛查，并建议高危青少年定期体检、合理饮食、限制盐摄入和进行锻炼，以便在成年期预防显性高血压。
