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TL;DR
The researchers found an unexpectedly high prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension despite low obesity and high physical activity levels, with nearly one-third of boys and one-fourth of girls affected when combined.
Wellcome Open Research · 9 authors, 7 centres
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The researchers found an unexpectedly high prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension despite low obesity and high physical activity levels, with nearly one-third of boys and one-fourth of girls affected when combined.
The researchers found an unexpectedly high prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension despite low obesity and high physical activity levels, with nearly one-third of boys and one-fourth of girls affected when combined. Predictive accuracy of anthropometric markers was poor for pre-hypertension but acceptable for hypertension. The study noted that BMI alone as a screening tool fails in populations characterized by higher central obesity prevalence, and recommended using waist-to-height ratio alongside BMI since it does not require age- or sex-specific norms. Limitations include that blood pressure measurements were single readings rather than clinical diagnoses, and results may not extrapolate to affluent urban Indian populations.