An Investigation Of The Prevalence Situation And The Influence Factors Of Hypertension Among Children From6to18Years Old In Chongqing

Objective: To investigate the blood pressure (BP), the prevalence ofhypertension and the influence factors among Children from6to18yearsold in Chongqing. In order to provide the evidence for a target precautiontimely.Methods:7781school children aged6to18years old in Chongqingwere sampled with cluster random sampling.The investigation itemsincluded the measurement of height, weight and BP, as same asquestionnaire by parental guidance. Childhood hypertension influencedcondition Logistic regression analysis was made. SPSS21.0of statisticalsoftware was used for data analysis．Results:1.The prevalence of childhood hypertension in Chongqing was6％,the boys’ prevalence was6.7％and it`s5.3％in girls. What`s more, theprevalence of children hypertension was increasing with age.2. The BP level was significantly higher in overweight and obesity children than in normal weight children. It`s also higher in obesity than inoverweight children, and the difference was statisticallysignificant(P<0.05).The prevalence of obesity and overweight was25.8%and20.2%in high blood pressure group, but it was7.3%、13.8%in normalgroup.3. Childhood hypertension influence factors Logistic regressionanalysis turned out that diets high in salt and fat, high-fructose diet andfamily history of hypertension were risk factors. Breastfeeding, Eatingbreakfast, exercise and sleeping time were protective factors.Conclusions: The prevalence of childhood hypertension issignificantly increasing now, compared with the investigation ten years ago.Childhood hypertension usually occurs in child who has high-salt diet,high-fat diet, high-fructose diet, family history of hypertension, and otherrisk factors. Meanwhile, we should promote sensible eating and a healthylifestyle in order to prevent Childhood hypertension.