Key result
Childhood obesity shows no correlation with systemic arterial hypertension.
Why the study?
Increasing childhood obesity and a lack of screening and diagnosis of childhood hypertension highlighted the need to examine these comorbidities in children.
Is systemic arterial hypertension associated with the severity of childhood obesity, physical activity, abdominal circumference, or family history in obese children and adolescents?
Cross-Sectional (n=30)
Yes
Is systemic arterial hypertension associated with the severity of childhood obesity, physical activity, abdominal circumference, or family history in obese children and adolescents?
p-value: p=0.702
In a small cohort of obese children and adolescents, systemic arterial hypertension was present in 20% of patients and was significantly associated with a family history of hypertension, but not with the severity of obesity or physical activity levels.
Assess family history, not obesity severity, for hypertension risk in obese youth; hypothesis-generating and requires larger prospective studies.
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Almeida et al. (2026) conducted a cross-sectional in Childhood Obesity and Systemic Arterial Hypertension (n=30). Obesity showed no significant correlation with systemic arterial hypertension, with 20% of obese participants diagnosed with SAH in the evaluated sample.
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