Multifactorial correlates of blood pressure in South Asian children in Canada: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We sought to explore various correlates of blood pressure (BP) and hypertension, and to identify the most important aggregate combination of correlates for BP in South Asian children.

Design

Cross-sectional study SETTING: Community-based recruitment in two Canadian cities PARTICIPANTS: South Asian children (n=762) provided a range of physiological, lifestyle and social variables. BP was assessed using an automated device. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and BP were transformed to z-scores using published standards.

Outcome measures

Linear and logistic regression analyses were used to explore associations between the range of variables with BP z-scores and hypertension while stepwise regression was used to identif

SUBMITTER: Fowokan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500289 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature