Research On The Prevalence Rate Of High Blood Pressure In Six To Seventeen Old Children Of One District In DaLian

Objective: To approach the status of children's blood pressure and relevant factors of children's hypertension.Method: Two schools were sampled by means of whole population random sampling ,one is primary school and the other is junior middle school. Blood pressure was measured and some related factors were investigated with the uniform questionnaire. Spss 13.0 of statistical software was used for data analysis.Results: (1) The blood pressure of children aged 6 to 17 years old increases with the growth of age. SBP increases obviously. Compared with the girls'blood pressure, the boys'blood pressure increases obviously. (2) The prevalence of children hypertension is 9.3%. The hypertension prevalence of boys and girls are 11.9% and 6.6% respectively.(3) The fatness is closely related to the hypertension.(4) There is obvious trend of hypertensive heredity, which of maternal side is more distinct.(5) The food of high fat and calorie is related to the hypertension.(6) Sleeping time of hypertensive is shorter than normal.Conclusion: The children's growth,fatness,heredity,diet and sleeping habit is strongly associated with hypertension .The prevention of hypertension should start from childhood. We suggest to regularly monitor the blood pressure of children over 6 years old ,especially of those with hypertension family history .For preventing hypertension ,it is very important to pay attention to the reasonable diet,active exercise,controlling the weight and fat,enough sleeping time and good living style.