Socioeconomic status and hypertension in children of two state schools in Naples, Italy: Preliminary findings

Coto, Vincenzo; Lucariello, A; Cocozza, Manlio; Oliviero, Ugo; Cacciatore, L

doi:10.1007/bf00149738

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“…Our results are parallel with the results of by Coto et al, 1987;Debora et al, 2008;Grotto et al, 2008 andDavid et al, 2009 who reported that the use of antihypertensive medicines and exercise play a very important role in the controlling of high blood pressure.…”

Section: Use Of Anti-hypertensive Medicines and Exercise In Hypertensionsupporting

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Assessing the Primary Causes of Hypertension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Khan

Ahmad

Dr³

et al. 2015

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Hypertension also called a silent killer is a serious problem. The numbers of hypertensive patients are increasing day by day. The present study aim to assess the primary causes of hypertension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Data for the study were collected from 298 hypertensive patients who were admitted or visited to Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar as patients. Simple random sampling method was used for selection of the sampled respondents. The results indicate a significant association between hypertension and the level of education (P=.000). Educated people were found not only having more information about hypertension but also found more conscious about the disease (P=.000), while no or low level of educated patients were reported not only caring (P.000) the hypertension but also were not consulting doctors (P=.000). Sampled hypertensive patients were also agreed that regular use of antihypertensive medicines (P=.000), easy supply of medicines (P=.001), regular exercise (P=.000) and regular check-up of blood pressure (P.000) can help maintain blood pressure in normal range while irregularity in taking of medicines (P=.000) and sedentary life style (P=.000) contributed to high blood pressure. Dietary habits (P=.005) such as junk food (P=.000) and spicy diet (P.000) reported affected the blood pressure. Regarding precautions significant association was found with life style modification (P=.000), regular check-up of blood pressure (P=.000), regular exercise (P=.036), weight reduction (P=.001), avoid alcohol consumption (P=.000), stopped smoking (P=.000) and avoid stress (P=.002) along with more use of vegetables and fruits (P=.001). On the other hand hypertension was also associated significantly with the people who have obesity (P=.004), lake of exercise P=.000), old people (P=.034), low socio-economic status (P=.000), kidney diseases (P=.000), endocrine diseases (P=.000), excessive salt intake (P=.008), low potassium intake (P=.010) and family history (P=.001). Individually and psychologically the hypertension can also be due to alcohol intake (P=.000), cigarette smoking (P=.000), sedentary life style (P=.000), lake of exercise (P=.000), lake of knowledge about the signs, symptoms of hypertension (P=.000), its causes (P=.000), and precautions (P=.000). Study recommends that in order to control hypertension, a special attention is needed to follow the precautions about hypertension, diet plan, regular check-up of blood pressure, awareness about the disease and avoid stress.

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Section: Use Of Anti-hypertensive Medicines and Exercise In Hypertensionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Assessing the Primary Causes of Hypertension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Khan

Ahmad

Dr³

et al. 2015

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“…Our study cohort had equal representation from relatively richer and economically deprived children; thus, any possible effect of socioeconomic status of the parents on BP is unlikely. [30313233] We have not performed detailed anthropometric measurements besides height, weight, and BMI and thus do not have information on the prevalence of central obesity in our study population that could have a bearing on observed BP. We have not evaluated the salt intake and other dietary habits and physical activities in our cohort.…”

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Prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension in schoolchildren from Central India

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Background: Epidemiological transition with increasing burden of cardiovascular risk factors is evident not only in adults but also in children. The data on the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension in children show large regional differences in India and such data are not available from Central India. We, therefore, conducted a large cross-sectional study in Indore to determine the distribution of blood pressure (BP) and the prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension among schoolchildren. Methods: A total of 11,312 children (5305 girls, 6007 boys) aged 5–15 years, drawn from 80 government and private schools in equal proportion, were evaluated. Anthropometric measurements were obtained and BPs were measured using The Fourth Report on The Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents as reference standard. BP ≥90 th to <95 th percentile for given percentile of height was considered as prehypertension, whereas any BP ≥95 th percentile was defined as hypertension. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to find out the determinants of hypertension in these children. Results: Prehypertension was detected in 6.9% and 6.5% and hypertension was found in 6.8% and 7.0% of boys and girls, respectively. Height and weight were found to be a significant predictor of systolic and diastolic BP among both boys and girls. Conclusions: Our results show a high prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension in Indore schoolchildren with age and height being significant determinants. This highlights the need for routine BP measurements in children by pediatricians when they treat them for intercurrent illnesses or vaccinate them. It should also be mandatory as a part of school health checkup programs to detect childhood hypertension for further counseling and therapy.

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“…Obesity can also lead to discrimination in the labor market (e.g., Lundborg, Nystedt and Rooth 2010). It has been documented that children of parents with more years of education tend to have lower incidences of obesity and hypertension (e.g., Coto et al 1987;Lamerz et al 2005).…”

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Parental Education and Offspring Outcomes: Evidence from the Swedish Compulsory School Reform

Lundborg

Nilsson²,

Rooth

2014

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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We use the Swedish compulsory school reform to estimate the causal effect of parental education on sons’ outcomes. To this end, we use data from the Swedish military enlistment register on the entire population of males and consider outcomes, such as cognitive skills, noncognitive skills, and various dimensions of health at the age of 18. We find positive effects of maternal education on sons’ skills and health status but no effects of paternal education. One reason behind this result may be that the fathers affected by the reform did not face any labor market returns to their increased schooling. (JEL I21, J12, J24)

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Socioeconomic status and hypertension in children of two state schools in Naples, Italy: Preliminary findings

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Assessing the Primary Causes of Hypertension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Assessing the Primary Causes of Hypertension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension in schoolchildren from Central India

Parental Education and Offspring Outcomes: Evidence from the Swedish Compulsory School Reform

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