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ArticleJournal of human hypertension2017

Weight status, cardiorespiratory fitness and high blood pressure relationship among 5-12-year-old Chinese primary school children.

W J Liu, L H Xiong, C S Guo, B Li, M Pallan, T Griffin, K K Cheng, P Adab

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Article in Journal of human hypertension, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

W J LiuFaculty of School Health, Guangzhou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China.
L H XiongFaculty of School Health, Guangzhou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China.
C S GuoFaculty of School Health, Guangzhou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China.
B LiPublic Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
M PallanPublic Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
T GriffinPublic Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
K K ChengPublic Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
P AdabPublic Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
University of Birmingham · GBGuangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and adiposity contribute to high blood pressure (HBP) in adults and children. However, their relative importance as risk factors is unknown. We examined the relationships between weight status, CRF and HBP among Chinese primary school children. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 4926 school children aged 5-12 years. CRF was estimated from a modified Cooper test, body mass index z-scores and weight categories were calculated from objective height and weight measurements and BP was measured using an electronic sphygmomanometer. HBP was defined as >95th percentile based on reference cutoffs for Chinese boys and girls. Generalised Linear Mixed models, adjusting for age, pubertal status and height, were developed for boys and girls to explore the independent and combined associations between fitness, weight status and HBP. Seven hundred and fifty-two (15.3%) children had HBP, with a higher prevalence in obese (40.5% and 45.9% in boys and girls, respectively) and overweight (27.6% and 30.2% in boys and girls, respectively) compared with non-overweight (9.0% and 13.8% in boys and girls, respectively) children. HBP prevalence was lower in boys with higher CRF (odds ratio (OR) for the highest vs lowest CRF quartile in boys 0.64; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.46-0.89). This association was not seen in girls. With weight status and CRF in the same model, weight status, but not CRF, remained significantly associated with HBP (obesity in boys: OR 4.19; 95% CI 2.63-6.67; in girls: OR 2.49; 95% CI 1.19-5.19). The interaction effect for CRF and weight status was non-significant. Overweight/obesity was significantly associated with HBP among children. There was no evidence of modification of this relationship by CRF.

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Cardiorespiratory FitnessBody WeightChildChild, PreschoolChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansHypertensionMaleObesity

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