Tamizaje de hipertensión arterial en escolares sanos de 6 a 12 años de edad en el periodo marzo-junio del 2018, en la Escuela Fiscal Mixta José Ángel Palacios

Abstract

Abstract: In the present work, the objective was to perform an arterial hypertension screening in healthy school children, aged between 6 and 12 years in the José Ángel Palacios school in the city of Loja. Surveys were applied to parents of schoolchildren during the period March-June 2018. Likewise, we performed the blood pressure measurement of schoolchildren (n = 75) who met the inclusion criteria; the incidence of arterial hypertension was obtained and the data obtained in the survey was related. Of the 75 students, 1.3% (n = 1) had systolic arterial hypertension; 5.3% (n = 4) presented stage 1 systolic arterial hypertension, 4% had stage 1 diastolic arterial hypertension. A relationship between systolic and diastolic arterial hypertension with overweight or obesity was evidenced. In relation to sex, high blood pressure prevailed in the male sex.