How useful are anthropometric measurements as predictive markers for elevated blood pressure in adolescents in different gender?

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Erdal I., YALÇIN S. S., Aksan A., Gencal D., KANBUR N.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, cilt.33, sa.9, ss.1203-1211, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1515/jpem-2020-0175
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1203-1211
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: adolescence, anthropometric measurement, blood pressure, body mass index, gender, BODY-MASS INDEX, TO-HEIGHT RATIO, UPPER-ARM CIRCUMFERENCE, SECONDARY HYPERTENSION, WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE, SCHOOL-CHILDREN, OBESITY, FAT, OVERWEIGHT, RISK
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Obesity and obesity-related diseases are one of the common health problems worldwide and have also been proposed to be important predictors of blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. The aim of our study is to determine the utility of different anthropometric measurements (body mass index [BMI], skinfold thickness [SFT], waist circumference [WC], mid-upper arm circumference [MUAC], arm circumference-height ratio [AHtR], and waist circumference-height ratio [WHtR]) as markers of hypertension (HT) risk in adolescents.