Secular trends of blood pressure and body size in a multi-ethnic adolescent population: 1986 to 1996☆,☆☆,★
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METHODS
This study was approved by the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects in Research of the University of Minnesota. Consent for participation was obtained from Minneapolis Public School children and their parents by means of passive consent. A consent letter was mailed to all parents or guardians of children enrolled in grades 5 to 8, informing them of the upcoming screening, and the post office was asked to return undeliverable letters. Thus every parent received a letter and had the opportunity
RESULTS
The 2 student populations, described in Table I, included 4239 boys and 3983 girls in 1986 and 5223 boys and 5018 girls in 1996.Age (mean ± SD) was 12.1 ± 1.3 years in 1986 compared with 11.9 ± 1.3 years in 1996. There was a shift in the ethnic composition between 1986 and 1996 with declines in non-Hispanic white students and increases in African American, Native American, Hispanic, and Southeast Asian students (Table I), consistent with changes in the Minneapolis population. The substantial
DISCUSSION
Hypertension is common among adults in the United States, affecting 24% of the population aged 18 to 74 in the most recent Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.8 It involves all ethnic groups, but rates are particularly high among African American subjects.2 Despite improvement in BP levels and the treatment of hypertension among adults, the sequelae of stroke, myocardial infarction, renal failure, and heart failure remain among the greatest threats to the public health.
It is
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