@article{Faujdar_Kunte_Bhalwar_2014, title={Blood Pressure Profile and Hypertension in Urban Adolescents: Need for Cognisance}, volume={34}, url={https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JNPS/article/view/10743}, DOI={10.3126/jnps.v34i2.10743}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To find the profile of blood pressure and the prevalence of hypertension in adolescents in an urban area.<strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: A cross sectional study was carried out in Adolescent students in the age group of 11-17 years, in a school in an urban area of Pune, belonging to upper socioeconomic group to measure their blood pressure and anthropometric parameters.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: The mean SBP and DBP in both boys and girls were found to increase with increasing age and anthropometric measurements. The prevalence of hypertension was 12.23% in boys and 10.1% in girls and the prevalence of overweight as per BMI was 19.14% in boys and 18.62% in girls. The prevalence of hypertension observed in overweight children (36.1% in boys 30.8% in girls) was significantly (p<0.000) higher than normal weight children (6.5% in boys and 5.36% in girls). Among the anthropometric variables only weight & BMI had moderately strong correlation with SBP(r-0.559 &0.506).</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Hypertension is prevalent among adolescent population and overweight/obesity has been found to play a crucial role in predicting rise in BP in them. It is recommended bp monitoring be made mandatory part of school health services programme for early detection & instituting preventive measures.</p><p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v34i2.10743">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v34i2.10743</a></p><p>J Nepal Paediatr Soc 2014;34(2):85-89</p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society}, author={Faujdar, Dharmajeet Singh and Kunte, Renuka and Bhalwar, Rajvir}, year={2014}, month={Oct.}, pages={85–89} }