Affiliation:
1. Scientific Research Center “Arktika” Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
Objective. The study assessed the incidence of high blood pressure (BP) cases in 10–17-year-old children and adolescents of Magadan through the 10-year period. Design and methods. The author compared the results of the 2009 and 2019 health monitoring surveys which involved 2533 10–17-year-old school children of the city of Magadan. All participants were of Caucasian race, natives of Magadan, without a history of chronic diseases. The data of the assessment of anthropometric and cardiovascular parameters in 2009 and 2019 were compared. Results. The author observed a significant increase in systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) in both gender groups with the growth of anthropometric indices from 2009 to 2019: boys at ages 12–13 and 17 (SBP) and at 11–17 years old (DBP); girls at ages 11–13 and 15 (SBP), as well as at 11–13 and 16 years old (DBP). Analysis of the rates of high-normal BP (≥ 90th and < 95th percentile), the author found that girls demonstrated high-normal BP in 2009 and 2019 in 6,6 % and 8,6 % of cases, respectively, while boys showed high-normal BP in 10,2 % and 7,3 % of cases in 2009 and 2019, respectively. The incidence of high BP (≥ 95th percentile) was 5,1 % and 7,3 % in girls; 8,0 % and 9,9 % of cases in boys in the studied years. Conclusions. The study shows a significant increase in basic anthropometric indicators as well as SBP and DBP variables for both age specific groups. The incidence of high BP (≥ 95th percentile) was 5,1 % and 7,3 % in girls, and 8,0 % and 9,9 % in boys, respectively. Overall hypertension trends were registered in children and adolescents with BP rates increasing within ten-year period.
Publisher
Arterialnaya Gipertenziya