September 18, 2016Saudi Medical JournalOpen Access

Prevalence of hypertension, obesity, hematuria and proteinuria amongst healthy adolescents living in Western Saudi Arabia

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Population

401 healthy adolescents with a mean age of 13.87 years from 8 intermediate schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

KHKholoud A HothanKing Abdulaziz University BABashaer A. AlasmariKing Abdulaziz University OAOmniya K. AlkhelaiwiKing Abdulaziz University

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Implication

Obesity screening in adolescents may flag hypertension risk; cross-sectional data leaves open causality and need for prospective trials.

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Population

401 healthy adolescents (200 males) with a mean age of 13.87 (SD 1.27) years from 8 intermediate schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Outcome

Prevalence of hypertension, obesity, hematuria, and proteinuria.

There is a high prevalence of hypertension and obesity among healthy adolescents in Saudi Arabia, with obesity strongly correlating with hypertension risk.

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Hothan et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f980ae71d69abee081ae2 https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.10.14784

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Hypertension management

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Prevalence of hypertension, obesity, hematuria and proteinuria amongst healthy adolescents living in Western Saudi Arabia

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Prevalence of hypertension, obesity, hematuria and proteinuria amongst healthy adolescents living in Western Saudi Arabia

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Implication

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