Prevalence of sustained hypertension and obesity among urban and rural adolescents: a school-based, cross-sectional study in North India.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Recent data on sustained hypertension and obesity among school-going children and adolescents in India are limited. This study evaluates the prevalence of sustained hypertension and obesity and their risk factors among urban and rural adolescents in northern India.

Setting

A school-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted in the urban and rural areas of Ludhiana, Punjab, India using standardised measurement tools.

Participants

A total of 1959 participants aged 11-17 years (urban: 849; rural: 1110) were included in this school-based survey.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

To measure sustained hypertension among school children, two distinct blood pressure (BP) measurements were recorded at an interval of 1 week. High BP was defined and classi

SUBMITTER: Mohan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6738741 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature