Being overweight in children is associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension. This was reported by the medical company Kaiser Permanente.
This retrospective study examined the electronic health records of 801,019 youth with Kaiser Permanente disease in Southern California between 2008 and 2015. The scientists were interested in whether the children had hypertension, among other biomedical parameters. Participants were divided into three weight categories – light, medium and heavy.
How revealedCompared with average-weight adolescents, the youth in the most “heavy” group had a 26% higher risk of developing hypertension within 5 years. Thus, each unit of body mass index gained in a year increases the risk of hypertension by 4%. At the same time, the level of arterial hypertension in boys was higher than in girls, as well as children who benefited from state-paid health insurance.
This study highlights the need to control children’s weight.
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