Cover Image

Obesity-associated hypertension among primary school children in Sarawak: a cross-sectional study

Hypertension has been recognised as an important public health issue, affecting paediatric population. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of hypertension and its relationship with obesity among different ethnic, gender primary school children in Kuching division, Sarawak. It was a cross...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cheah, WL, Helmy H,, Roslinda K,, Mohd Taha A,, Ayu Akida AR,
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15553/1/11_ms0309_pdf_72166.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15553/
https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/14/2
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my-ukm.journal.15553
record_format eprints
spelling my-ukm.journal.155532020-11-04T16:07:12Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15553/ Obesity-associated hypertension among primary school children in Sarawak: a cross-sectional study Cheah, WL Helmy H, Roslinda K, Mohd Taha A, Ayu Akida AR, Hypertension has been recognised as an important public health issue, affecting paediatric population. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of hypertension and its relationship with obesity among different ethnic, gender primary school children in Kuching division, Sarawak. It was a cross-sectional study using multistage sampling. Data was collected using anthropometric equipment and digital blood pressure monitor. Data was analysed using SPSS version 20. A total of 1314 respondents participated. 36.9% of the respondents were overweight and obese, 31% were overfat and obese, 29% had abnormal waist circumference and 32.8% had abnormal waist-height ratio (WHtR). About 22.1% of the respondents were found to be in pre-hypertension and hypertension stage. There were significant differences in overweight and obese, overfat and obese, WHtR between males and females. Indigenous Sarawak reported to have the highest number of hypertensive at risk, overweight and obese, overfat and obese, abnormal waist circumference and WHtR. Those respondents who were hypertensive were found to be overweight and obese, overfat and obese, with abnormal waist circumference and WHtR. Screening of potential risk factors at a young age would help to reduce the incidents of chronic disease in the adulthood. Blood pressure measurement should be included in the routine physical examination, to identify high risk children for further investigation. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15553/1/11_ms0309_pdf_72166.pdf Cheah, WL and Helmy H, and Roslinda K, and Mohd Taha A, and Ayu Akida AR, (2019) Obesity-associated hypertension among primary school children in Sarawak: a cross-sectional study. Medicine & Health, 14 (2). pp. 121-131. ISSN 2289-5728 https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/14/2
institution Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
building Tun Sri Lanang Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
content_source UKM Journal Article Repository
url_provider http://journalarticle.ukm.my/
language English
description Hypertension has been recognised as an important public health issue, affecting paediatric population. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of hypertension and its relationship with obesity among different ethnic, gender primary school children in Kuching division, Sarawak. It was a cross-sectional study using multistage sampling. Data was collected using anthropometric equipment and digital blood pressure monitor. Data was analysed using SPSS version 20. A total of 1314 respondents participated. 36.9% of the respondents were overweight and obese, 31% were overfat and obese, 29% had abnormal waist circumference and 32.8% had abnormal waist-height ratio (WHtR). About 22.1% of the respondents were found to be in pre-hypertension and hypertension stage. There were significant differences in overweight and obese, overfat and obese, WHtR between males and females. Indigenous Sarawak reported to have the highest number of hypertensive at risk, overweight and obese, overfat and obese, abnormal waist circumference and WHtR. Those respondents who were hypertensive were found to be overweight and obese, overfat and obese, with abnormal waist circumference and WHtR. Screening of potential risk factors at a young age would help to reduce the incidents of chronic disease in the adulthood. Blood pressure measurement should be included in the routine physical examination, to identify high risk children for further investigation.
format Article
author Cheah, WL
Helmy H,
Roslinda K,
Mohd Taha A,
Ayu Akida AR,
spellingShingle Cheah, WL
Helmy H,
Roslinda K,
Mohd Taha A,
Ayu Akida AR,
Obesity-associated hypertension among primary school children in Sarawak: a cross-sectional study
author_facet Cheah, WL
Helmy H,
Roslinda K,
Mohd Taha A,
Ayu Akida AR,
author_sort Cheah, WL
title Obesity-associated hypertension among primary school children in Sarawak: a cross-sectional study
title_short Obesity-associated hypertension among primary school children in Sarawak: a cross-sectional study
title_full Obesity-associated hypertension among primary school children in Sarawak: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Obesity-associated hypertension among primary school children in Sarawak: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Obesity-associated hypertension among primary school children in Sarawak: a cross-sectional study
title_sort obesity-associated hypertension among primary school children in sarawak: a cross-sectional study
publisher Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15553/1/11_ms0309_pdf_72166.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15553/
https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/14/2
_version_ 1683231760211509248
score 13.211869

Similar Items