A study of Blood Pressure and BMI among Tribal adolescents of Narmada district, Gujarat, India
Background: Hypertension has emerged as a leading health problem in developing countries. Aim: The present study aims at assessing the prevalence of hypertension and BMI of Bhil adolescents. Methods: The present study was conducted among 225 Bhil adolescents of Narmada, district, Gujarat, India. Res...
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| description | Background: Hypertension has emerged as a leading health problem in developing countries. Aim: The present study aims at assessing the prevalence of hypertension and BMI of Bhil adolescents. Methods: The present study was conducted among 225 Bhil adolescents of Narmada, district, Gujarat, India. Results: Overall, 27.55% and 8.44% were found to be hypertensive and pre-hypertensive, respectively. More males (23.37%) were underweight as compared to females (21.21%). Conclusion: As adolescents form a considerable amount of society, it is crucial to prepare standard BMI and BP percentile charts for Indian adolescents for better classification of nutritional status and hypertension. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-454ebd0e59364b9aa4ccb9d9cd3661392022-12-22T02:51:18ZengAl Ameen Medical CollegeAl Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences0974-11430974-11432020-10-011304291294A study of Blood Pressure and BMI among Tribal adolescents of Narmada district, Gujarat, IndiaNeelam Singh0Shweta Singh1Shivani Chandel2Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 IndiaDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 IndiaDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 IndiaBackground: Hypertension has emerged as a leading health problem in developing countries. Aim: The present study aims at assessing the prevalence of hypertension and BMI of Bhil adolescents. Methods: The present study was conducted among 225 Bhil adolescents of Narmada, district, Gujarat, India. Results: Overall, 27.55% and 8.44% were found to be hypertensive and pre-hypertensive, respectively. More males (23.37%) were underweight as compared to females (21.21%). Conclusion: As adolescents form a considerable amount of society, it is crucial to prepare standard BMI and BP percentile charts for Indian adolescents for better classification of nutritional status and hypertension.http://ajms.alameenmedical.org/ArticlePDFs/13%20AJMS%20V13.N4.2020%20p%20291-294.pdfanthropometryadolescentsblood pressurebmibhil |
| spellingShingle | Neelam Singh Shweta Singh Shivani Chandel A study of Blood Pressure and BMI among Tribal adolescents of Narmada district, Gujarat, India Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences anthropometry adolescents blood pressure bmi bhil |
| title | A study of Blood Pressure and BMI among Tribal adolescents of Narmada district, Gujarat, India |
| title_full | A study of Blood Pressure and BMI among Tribal adolescents of Narmada district, Gujarat, India |
| title_fullStr | A study of Blood Pressure and BMI among Tribal adolescents of Narmada district, Gujarat, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | A study of Blood Pressure and BMI among Tribal adolescents of Narmada district, Gujarat, India |
| title_short | A study of Blood Pressure and BMI among Tribal adolescents of Narmada district, Gujarat, India |
| title_sort | study of blood pressure and bmi among tribal adolescents of narmada district gujarat india |
| topic | anthropometry adolescents blood pressure bmi bhil |
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