Why the study?
Obese children are prone to elevated blood pressure and hypertension, making it important to identify an obesity anthropometric index with good discriminatory power in the pediatric population.
Does any specific anthropometric index (BMI, WC, WHtR) show superior diagnostic accuracy for discriminating elevated blood pressure and hypertension in the pediatric population?
Population
177,943 children aged 3-19 years from 21 cross-sectional studies
Comparison
BMI vs WC vs WHtR
Design
Systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors
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Any anthropometric index may be used for pediatric hypertension screening; confirms their equivalent performance and supports simplified clinical protocols.
Does any specific anthropometric index (BMI, WC, WHtR) show superior diagnostic accuracy for discriminating elevated blood pressure and hypertension in the pediatric population?
No single anthropometric index (BMI, WC, or WHtR) is superior in identifying hypertension or elevated blood pressure in children, though all perform better at predicting hypertension than elevated BP.
Tao et al. (2022) studied this question.
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