?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Prevalence+of+Hypertension+and+Association+of+Obesity+with+Hypertension+in+School+Ggoing+Children+of+Surat+City%2C+Western+India.&rft.creator=Shah%2C+SS&rft.creator=Dave%2C+BR&rft.creator=Sharma%2C+AA&rft.creator=Desai%2C+AR&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Purpose%3A+The+association+of+obesity+with+hypertension+has+been+recognized+for+the+decades+which+are+the+important+risk+factors+for+the+cardiovascular+disease.+So+the+purpose+of+the+present+study+was+to+determine+association+of+obesity+with+hypertension+in+school+going+children+of+Surat.+Methodology%3A+School+going+children+aged+between+12-18+years%2C+of+five+schools+in+Surat+were+selected+for+the+study.+Height+and+weight+were+measured+and+BMI+was+calculated.+Blood+pressure+measurements+were+taken+as+per+recommendation+of+American+heart+society+and+family+history+of+hypertension+has+also+been+assessed.+Hypertension+was+considered+if+blood+pressure+is+more+than+95th+percentile+according+to+the+update+of+task+force+report+and+Obesity+was+diagnosed+by+BMI+for+age.+Results%3A+Of+682+children%2C+8.94%25+were+obese+and+20.09%25+were+hypertensive.+Conclusion%3A+Obesity+is+strongly+associated+with+hypertension+in+children+and+both+together+may+risk+factors+for+later+coronary+disease.+&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-08-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9153%2F1%2F2013-2-5.pdf&rft.identifier=++Shah%2C+SS+and+Dave%2C+BR+and+Sharma%2C+AA+and+Desai%2C+AR++(2013)+Prevalence+of+Hypertension+and+Association+of+Obesity+with+Hypertension+in+School+Ggoing+Children+of+Surat+City%2C+Western+India.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9153%2F