Blood pressure levels and body mass index in Brazilian adults with Down syndrome

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Autor(a) principal: Pucci,Felipe
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Machado,Guilherme, Solera,Edcarlo, Cenovicz,Fernanda, Arruda,Christian, Braga,Chiu, Nisihara,Renato
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: São Paulo medical journal (Online)
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Resumo: ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Increased life expectancy among people with Down syndrome (DS) has introduced new environmental factors that may affect blood pressure (BP) and/or lead to obesity in this population. The aim here was to investigate BP levels and body mass index (BMI) in adults with DS, correlating these data with the patients' sex and age. DESIGN AND SETTING: Analytical cross-sectional observational study conducted in special schools in Curitiba (PR), Brazil. METHODS: 97 adult patients were included. BP was measured in accordance with the established guidelines. BMI was calculated by dividing the weight by the height squared (kg/m2). RESULTS: Sex had no influence on BMI; nor did systolic BP (SBP) or diastolic BP (DBP). The age range was from 18 to 56 years. No correlation was observed between increasing age and greater BMI or BP. Eighty-six individuals (88.7%) presented normal BP, eleven (11.3%) prehypertension and none hypertension. Twenty patients (20.4%) presented BP lower than 90 × 60 mmHg. BMI ranged from 18 to 48 kg/m2 (mean of 28.8 ± 3.92 kg/m2): 21.9% had normal weight; 40.7% were overweight; and 25.3% had obesity class I, 9.9% class II and 2.2% class III. Higher BMI was associated with significantly greater SBP and DBP (P = 0.0175 and P = 0.0015). CONCLUSION: Sex and age did not influence SBP, DBP or BMI in Brazilian adults with DS. Higher BMI was associated with greater BP (both systolic and diastolic).
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spelling Blood pressure levels and body mass index in Brazilian adults with Down syndromeDown syndromeBlood pressureObesityBody mass indexAdultABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Increased life expectancy among people with Down syndrome (DS) has introduced new environmental factors that may affect blood pressure (BP) and/or lead to obesity in this population. The aim here was to investigate BP levels and body mass index (BMI) in adults with DS, correlating these data with the patients' sex and age. DESIGN AND SETTING: Analytical cross-sectional observational study conducted in special schools in Curitiba (PR), Brazil. METHODS: 97 adult patients were included. BP was measured in accordance with the established guidelines. BMI was calculated by dividing the weight by the height squared (kg/m2). RESULTS: Sex had no influence on BMI; nor did systolic BP (SBP) or diastolic BP (DBP). The age range was from 18 to 56 years. No correlation was observed between increasing age and greater BMI or BP. Eighty-six individuals (88.7%) presented normal BP, eleven (11.3%) prehypertension and none hypertension. Twenty patients (20.4%) presented BP lower than 90 × 60 mmHg. BMI ranged from 18 to 48 kg/m2 (mean of 28.8 ± 3.92 kg/m2): 21.9% had normal weight; 40.7% were overweight; and 25.3% had obesity class I, 9.9% class II and 2.2% class III. Higher BMI was associated with significantly greater SBP and DBP (P = 0.0175 and P = 0.0015). CONCLUSION: Sex and age did not influence SBP, DBP or BMI in Brazilian adults with DS. Higher BMI was associated with greater BP (both systolic and diastolic).Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM2016-08-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802016000400330Sao Paulo Medical Journal v.134 n.4 2016reponame:São Paulo medical journal (Online)instname:Associação Paulista de Medicinainstacron:APM10.1590/1516-3180.2016.0057180316info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPucci,FelipeMachado,GuilhermeSolera,EdcarloCenovicz,FernandaArruda,ChristianBraga,ChiuNisihara,Renatoeng2016-08-18T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1516-31802016000400330Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/spmjhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprevistas@apm.org.br1806-94601516-3180opendoar:2016-08-18T00:00São Paulo medical journal (Online) - Associação Paulista de Medicinafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Blood pressure levels and body mass index in Brazilian adults with Down syndrome
title Blood pressure levels and body mass index in Brazilian adults with Down syndrome
spellingShingle Blood pressure levels and body mass index in Brazilian adults with Down syndrome
Pucci,Felipe
Down syndrome
Blood pressure
Obesity
Body mass index
Adult
title_short Blood pressure levels and body mass index in Brazilian adults with Down syndrome
title_full Blood pressure levels and body mass index in Brazilian adults with Down syndrome
title_fullStr Blood pressure levels and body mass index in Brazilian adults with Down syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Blood pressure levels and body mass index in Brazilian adults with Down syndrome
title_sort Blood pressure levels and body mass index in Brazilian adults with Down syndrome
author Pucci,Felipe
author_facet Pucci,Felipe
Machado,Guilherme
Solera,Edcarlo
Cenovicz,Fernanda
Arruda,Christian
Braga,Chiu
Nisihara,Renato
author_role author
author2 Machado,Guilherme
Solera,Edcarlo
Cenovicz,Fernanda
Arruda,Christian
Braga,Chiu
Nisihara,Renato
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pucci,Felipe
Machado,Guilherme
Solera,Edcarlo
Cenovicz,Fernanda
Arruda,Christian
Braga,Chiu
Nisihara,Renato
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Down syndrome
Blood pressure
Obesity
Body mass index
Adult
topic Down syndrome
Blood pressure
Obesity
Body mass index
Adult
description ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Increased life expectancy among people with Down syndrome (DS) has introduced new environmental factors that may affect blood pressure (BP) and/or lead to obesity in this population. The aim here was to investigate BP levels and body mass index (BMI) in adults with DS, correlating these data with the patients' sex and age. DESIGN AND SETTING: Analytical cross-sectional observational study conducted in special schools in Curitiba (PR), Brazil. METHODS: 97 adult patients were included. BP was measured in accordance with the established guidelines. BMI was calculated by dividing the weight by the height squared (kg/m2). RESULTS: Sex had no influence on BMI; nor did systolic BP (SBP) or diastolic BP (DBP). The age range was from 18 to 56 years. No correlation was observed between increasing age and greater BMI or BP. Eighty-six individuals (88.7%) presented normal BP, eleven (11.3%) prehypertension and none hypertension. Twenty patients (20.4%) presented BP lower than 90 × 60 mmHg. BMI ranged from 18 to 48 kg/m2 (mean of 28.8 ± 3.92 kg/m2): 21.9% had normal weight; 40.7% were overweight; and 25.3% had obesity class I, 9.9% class II and 2.2% class III. Higher BMI was associated with significantly greater SBP and DBP (P = 0.0175 and P = 0.0015). CONCLUSION: Sex and age did not influence SBP, DBP or BMI in Brazilian adults with DS. Higher BMI was associated with greater BP (both systolic and diastolic).
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