Syed Faraz Kazim, Muhammad Bilal Salman, Akbar Jaleel Zubairi, Aisha Afzal, Usman Ahmad, Philippe M Frossard.
Offsprings of hypertensive parents have higher blood pressure and BMI
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan 2008;18(1):64-5.
The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi

This study was aimed at comparing mean BP levels in children of hypertensive and normotensive parents in a Pakistani population. A sample size of 90 cases was calculated. The inclusion criteria for the cases was defined as healthy children aged 8 to 16 years and having one or both parents being known hypertensive(s); controls were children of the same age group having both normotensive parents. A parent was labelled as a hypertensive, if he or she was diagnosed as one by a registered medical practitioner and was taking anti-hypertensive drug(s) at the time of study. Ninety seven children were enrolled as cases and 93 children as controls. BP measurements were done by a group of medical students of Aga Khan University Medical College (AKUMC). Mean SBP and DBP of children of both hypertensive parents were significantly higher (p=0.000 for SBP and p=0.001 for DBP) than children of normotensive parents. Mean SBP and DBP of children were also significantly higher, when one of the parents (mother or father) was hypertensive as compared to children of normotensive parents (p=0.000 for SBP and p=0.000 for DBP with hypertensive mother; p=0.001 for SBP and p=0.001 for DBP with hypertensive father). Similarly, BMI of children of hypertensive parents was found to be significantly higher (p < 0.001) than those of children from normotensive parents.

Category: Internal Medicine
Keywords: Hypertension.

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