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ArticleJournal of human hypertension2019

Obesity and season as determinants of high blood pressure in a school-based screening study.

Thomaitsa Nika, Stella Stabouli, Konstantinos Kollios, Kyriaki Papadopoulou-Legbelou, Nikoleta Printza, Christina Antza, Fotios Papachristou, Vasilios Kotsis

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Article in Journal of human hypertension, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Diagnostic evaluation of the hypertensive child.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2024
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  4. Seasonal variation of blood pressure in children.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomaitsa Nika3rdDepartment of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. nika.thomai@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-1489-8029
Stella Stabouli1stDepartment of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Konstantinos Kollios3rdDepartment of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Kyriaki Papadopoulou-Legbelou4thDepartment of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Nikoleta Printza1stDepartment of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Christina Antza3rdDepartment of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hypertension-24h ABPM Center, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Fotios Papachristou1stDepartment of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Vasilios Kotsis3rdDepartment of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hypertension-24h ABPM Center, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This school-based screening study assessed the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) levels according to the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) 2016 guidelines. Moreover, risk factors for BP elevation, and the effect of geographic and seasonal factors on BP screening were investigated. BP and anthropometric measurements were obtained from 2832 children and adolescents, aged 6-18 years, during the period 2013-2016. Three BP measurements were performed using a mercury sphygmomanometer, and the mean of the last two was used for the analysis. Obesity was defined according to the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) criteria. The prevalence of high-normal BP/hypertension and overweight/obesity was 3.7%/0.9%, and 22.9%/8.5%, respectively. The majority of the participants presenting high BP (≥90th percentile) were overweight or obese. Increased prevalence of high BP was observed during spring (5.5%) and winter (5%) compared with 2.5% in autumn (P<0.05). SBP z scores were higher in males, during spring and summer, and in urban areas. In conclusion, a low rate of high-normal and hypertensive BP levels was found despite the high prevalence of overweight and obesity. Overweight and obesity were associated with higher BP levels, but there was also a seasonal difference in the prevalence of high BP levels.

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Blood PressureSchool Health ServicesSeasonsAdolescentAge FactorsBlood Pressure DeterminationChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGreeceHumansHypertensionMalePediatric ObesityPrevalenceRisk Factors

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