A Longitudinal Study of Overweight, Elevated Blood Pressure, and Acanthosis Nigricans among Low-Income Middle School Students

Autor/inn/en	Kopping, Dana; Nevarez, Holly; Goto, Keiko; Morgan, Irene; Frigaard, Martin; Wolff, Cindy
Titel	A Longitudinal Study of Overweight, Elevated Blood Pressure, and Acanthosis Nigricans among Low-Income Middle School Students
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 28 (2012) 3, S.214-219 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/1059840511428615
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Prevention; Early Adolescents; Hypertension; White Students; Obesity; Grade 5; Longitudinal Studies; Low Income Groups; Middle School Students; Child Health; Screening Tests; Racial Differences; Hispanic American Students; Gender Differences; Ethnicity; Age Differences; Intervention; Preadolescents; Body Composition; Diabetes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Bluthochdruck; Hypertonie; Adipositas; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Screening-Verfahren; Rassenunterschied; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Studentin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnizität; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz
Abstract	This longitudinal study examined the rates of overweight, elevated blood pressure, acanthosis nigricans, and their associated factors in third through fifth grade students over 4 years. Participants consisted of 279 students who participated in health screenings in 2002 and 2006. Hispanic students had significantly higher rates of overweight and acanthosis nigricans compared to White students. There was a sharp increase in elevated blood pressure from 2002 to 2006 among obese children. While 20% of the matched obese students were above the 90th percentile in 2002, 82% of the same students were above the 90th percentile in 2006. After controlling for sex, ethnicity, and grade, preadolescent obesity in 2002 continued to be a significant factor associated with elevated blood pressure and acanthosis nigricans in 2006. These findings demonstrate that prevention and treatment of obesity during preadolescence is critical for the prevention of elevated high blood pressure in early adolescence. (Contains 1 figure and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10