Prehypertension in young females, where do they stand?

Abstract Background To determine the prevalence of prehypertension in young females and its correlation to various parameters like body mass index (BMI), waist hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference (WC) and family history, and blood pressure (BP) response to exercise stress testing. Methods One hundr...

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Published inIndian heart journal Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 280 - 283
Main Authors Chaudhry, Kavita, Diwan, Sanjay Kumar, Mahajan, S.N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Elsevier B.V 01.05.2012
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult
Age Factors
Blood Pressure
Body Mass Index
Cardiovascular
Cohort Studies
Exercise stress testing
Exercise Tolerance
Female
Humans
India
Original
Prehypertension
Prehypertension - diagnosis
Prehypertension - epidemiology
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Waist Circumference
Waist-Hip Ratio
Young Adult
Young females
India
Prehypertension
Exercise stress testing
Young females
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Summary:Abstract Background To determine the prevalence of prehypertension in young females and its correlation to various parameters like body mass index (BMI), waist hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference (WC) and family history, and blood pressure (BP) response to exercise stress testing. Methods One hundred and fifty apparently healthy females of age group 18–25-years were randomly selected from the student population of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, after satisfying all the inclusion criteria and written informed consent. Along with all the anthropometric parameters BMI, WHR, WC and family history of hypertension (HTN) and/or diabetes, resting BP, and BP response to exercise stress testing were measured in the study. Results Amongst 150 subjects, 63 (42%) subjects were normotensive and 87 (58%) were prehypertensive. Body mass index, WHR, WC and family history of HTN were significantly higher in prehypertensive group. Prehypertensive group also had an exaggerated BP response to exercise stress testing and higher BP during recovery. Conclusion Prevalence of prehypertension was found to be high in females, also there was a strong correlation between prehypertension and BMI, WHR and WC suggesting a positive correlation between obesity and prehypertension. Prehypertensive group also showed an exaggerated BP response to exercise stress testing.
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ISSN:0019-4832
DOI:10.1016/S0019-4832(12)60087-X