Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Obese Children and Adolescents

Duicu Carmen; Mărginean Cristina Oana; Pitea Ana Maria; Melit Lorena Elena

doi:10.1515/amma-2015-0090

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Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Obese Children and Adolescents

Acta Marisiensis - Seria Medica

Volume 61 (2015): Issue 4 (December 2015)

By: Duicu Carmen, Mărginean Cristina Oana, Pitea Ana Maria and Melit Lorena Elena

Open Access

|Jan 2016

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate differences regarding 24-hour blood pressure and arterial stiffness in a cohort of office normotensive obese and non-obese children and adolescents, and to evaluate correlations of these parameters with some anthropometric indices. We retrospectively evaluated ABPM records in 71 children (42 boys); 31 obese compared with 40 normal-weight children.

Results: Mean 24-hour, day-time and night-time SBP was significantly higher in the obese group than in the control group (p <0.01 during the entire period). Significantly higher AASI values were found in obese children compared to controls (0.45 vs. 0.41, p <0.05), the difference being more obvious for day-time AASI (p <0.001).

Conclusions: This research confirms that SBP and AASI are increased in obese children. AASI is a useful index of arterial stiffness that can be easily measured under ambulatory circumstances in children.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amma-2015-0090 | Journal eISSN: 2668-7763 | Journal ISSN: 2668-7755

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Language: English

Page range: 309 - 313

Submitted on: Aug 13, 2015

Accepted on: Sep 3, 2015

Published on: Jan 19, 2016

Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures

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Keywords:

ambulatory blood pressure,

obese,

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