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Body composition and blood pressures in school children 6–14 years of age
Author(s) -
Toselli S.,
Graziani I.,
Taraborelli T.,
Grispan A.,
Tarsitani G.,
Gruppioni G.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of human biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1520-6300
pISSN - 1042-0533
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1997)9:5<535::aid-ajhb1>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - bioelectrical impedance analysis , anthropometry , blood pressure , diastole , hum , medicine , fat mass , zoology , body weight , body mass index , biology , art , performance art , art history
The relationship between parameters of estimated body composition (FFM = fat free mass, FM = fat mass, %F = percentage fat) and blood pressure was examined in a sample of 1418 school‐children (712 males, 706 females), 6–14 years of age from L'Aquila and its province (Abruzzo), Italy. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures increased from 6–14 years in both sexes (males: systolic pressure 93.08 ± 14.95 to 122.29 ± 13.27 mm Hg; diastolic pressure: 59.60 ± 11.60 to 74.83 ± 8.35 mm Hg; females: systolic pressure: 97.12 ± 13.16 to 120.56 ± 8.02 mm Hg; diastolic pressure: 61.93 ± 10.23 to 76.67 ± 4.85 mm Hg). FFM and FM estimated by anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance, exhibited similar growth trends (Anthropometry: in males, FFM: 20.55–47.20 kg and FM: 4.14–12.01 kg; in females, FFM: 19.95–41.90 kg and FM: 5.03–15.84 kg; Impedance: in males, FFM: 18.40–47.30 kg and FM: 6.26–11.91 kg; in females, FFM: 17.47–36.97 kg and FM: 7.61–20.77 kg). Correlations between body composition parameters and blood pressures were generally significant. In particular, there was a strong relationship between systolic blood pressure and both FM and %F, the correlations being higher when the body composition parameters were estimated by anthropometry. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 9:535–544, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.