Background: Hypertension is the most common, most potent universal contributor to cardiovascular mortality. Elevated blood pressure, labile or fixed, systolic or diastolic, at any age, in either sex is a contributor to all forms of cardiovascular diseases.
Material and method: A Cross-sectional study was carried out over a period from January 2016 to October 2016 conducted among total 1498 school going children of Ajmer belonging to the age group of 8 to 18 years of both genders.
Result: 1498 childen of 8 to 18 years were studied.Out of which 56.43% were male and 43.68% were female. Prevalence of hypertension was higher in obese children in comparison to overweight and not overweight children 12.84%, 8.78%, 2.70% respectively.
Conclusion: This study revealed that prevalence of hypertension was signifi cantly higher in overweight and obese compared to children with Normal BMI indicating obesity as a risk factor for hypertension.
Impact Factor
2017: 6.614
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