What question did this study set out to answer?

This study aims to explore how obesity relates to systolic blood pressure in Southeast Asian and Australian children.

November 6, 2008American Journal of HypertensionOpen Access

The Relationship Between Obesity and Blood Pressure Differs by Ethnicity in Sydney School Children

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Why the study?

Does the relationship between obesity and systolic blood pressure differ between Southeast Asian and Australian children?

Key Points

This study aims to explore how obesity relates to systolic blood pressure in Southeast Asian and Australian children.
Recorded SBP, country of birth, and obesity indices (BMI, WC, %TBF) in 1,232 9-year-old children from Sydney schools.
Re-measured these metrics 3 years later in 628 children.
Analyzed relationships using regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA).
SEAsian children showed a 1.51 mm Hg SBP increase per unit BMI compared to 1.05 mm Hg for Australian children (P(interaction)=0.03).
At 3 years follow-up, SBP increased 1.70 mm Hg per unit BMI for SEAsian children versus 0.80 mm Hg for Australian children (P(interaction)=0.02).
WC and %TBF also indicated significant interactions in predicting SBP increases for SEAsian children.

Structured PICO

Does the relationship between obesity and systolic blood pressure differ between Southeast Asian and Australian children?

Population

1,232 9-year-old children from Sydney schools, of Southeast Asian and Australian origin

Outcome

Systolic blood pressure (SBP) in relation to obesity indices (BMI, waist circumference, and percent body fat)surrogate

Southeast Asian children living in Australia exhibit a greater increase in systolic blood pressure in response to increasing obesity indices compared to their Australian counterparts.

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Implication

May warrant ethnicity-specific BP monitoring in SEAsian youth; extends observational data longitudinally but leaves causal effects open.

Cite This Study

Ke et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7280a4e36a167817e3e8a7 https://doi.org/10.1038/ajh.2008.308

Topics

Hypertension management

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