Prevalence of Prehypertension in A Sample of Secondary School Girl Students in Baghdad

A. Sadiq, Mayasah

	Prevalence of Prehypertension in A Sample of Secondary School Girl Students in Baghdad
IRAQI JOURNALOF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
Article 1, Volume 29, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 220-222
Author
Mayasah A. Sadiq
Abstract
Background: Prehypertension in children and adolescents is defined as" average levels of age, gender and height adjusted systolic blood pressure (SBP) or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of ≥90th to <95th percentile"Prehypertension in adolescents carries a risk of future hypertension and then cardiovascular complications. Objective: To throw light on the prevalence of prehypertension among a sample of secondary school female students in Baghdad. Subjects and methods: This is cross sectional study including female students from 10 randomly selected governmental secondary schools in Baghdad during. The collected data included blood pressure measurement ,height and weight to estimate BMI, then they were classified according to blood pressure tables for females into prehypertensives, hypertensive and normotensives. Results: The Prevalence of Prehypertension of 700 females was 55%, hypertension 16% both 1st and 2ndstage, prehypertension did not spare the underweight girls showing a prevalence of 45%. Conclusion More than half of secondary school girls were prehypertensives; therefore, measuring blood pressure for this age group is critical to prevent the sequelae of prehypertension turning into undiagnosed hypertension. Keyword: Prevalence, prehypertension, secondary school females
Keywords
prevalence; prehypertension; Secondary school females

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