Title: Association Between Body Mass Index,Body Composition Index and Blood Pressure in 7-year-old Children
Abstract: Objective To validate the relationship between body mass index(BMI),body composition index and blood pressure in 7-year-old children,and to provide bases for early prevention against adult diseases.Methods A total of 910 7-year-old children participated in this study,height,weight,skinfold thickness(SFT) and blood pressure(BP) of all subjects were measured,body fat percentage(BF%) were calculated by regression equation,fat mass index(FMI) and fat-free mass index(FFMI) were calculated.Results BMI,BF%,FMI and FFMI were all significantly(P0.05) and positively related to systolic blood pressure(SBP) and diastolic blood pressure(DBP) in both boys and girls,the correlation coefficient for BP with FMI was higher compared with FFMI.The mean values of SBP and DBP were all significantly higher(P0.05) in high BMI and BF% percentile groups than in low percentile groups.The incidence of relative high BP were obese groupoverweight groupnormal-weight groupthin group.Conclusion There is a significant relationship between BMI,body composition index and blood pressure in 7-year-old children.In order to prevent hypertension among children,the priority is to control body fat and prevent obesity.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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