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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Assessment of the Performance of Obesity Measures in the Screening of Hypertension in a South African Adolescent Population.

Godwill Azeh Engwa, Paul Chungag Anye, Nandu Goswami, Benedicta Ngwenchi Nkeh-Chungag

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.

Godwill Azeh EngwaDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Walter Sisulu University PBX1, Mthatha 5117, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0044-9890
Paul Chungag AnyeMBCHB Programme, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University PBX1, Mthatha 5117, South Africa.
Nandu GoswamiDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Walter Sisulu University PBX1, Mthatha 5117, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6704-0723
Benedicta Ngwenchi Nkeh-ChungagDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Walter Sisulu University PBX1, Mthatha 5117, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4805-4051
Walter Sisulu University · ZAMedical University of Graz · AT

Funding

South African National Research Foundation NRF-CPRR, 106066
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is known to be one of the most significant risk factors for essential hypertension in childhood. However, whether obesity cut-offs may predict hypertension screening in adolescents remains controversial. This study investigated the performance of obesity cut-off values for the screening of hypertension in a South African adolescent population. In this cross-sectional study, 1144 adolescents aged between 11 and 17 years were recruited from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Anthropometric and blood pressure (BP) parameters including diastolic blood pressure (DBP), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and heart rate (HR) were measured. Assessment of the sensitivity and specific of obesity cut-off values in predicting hypertension was performed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Obesity was positively associated (

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adolescentscut-off valuesdiagnostic performancehypertensionobesity

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PMID37761481
PMCPMC10527748
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