Why the study?
Does eliminating overweight and obesity reduce the prevalence of high blood pressure in Chinese children?
Population
197,191 children aged 7-17 years from the Chinese National Survey on Students' Constitution and Health (2010)
Comparison
Overweight and obesity (exposure) vs Normal weight
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May support weight control to lower pediatric hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation.
Does eliminating overweight and obesity reduce the prevalence of high blood pressure in Chinese children?
Eliminating overweight and obesity could theoretically lead to a moderate reduction in the prevalence of high blood pressure in Chinese children.
Dong et al. (2015) studied this question.
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