scholarly journals Associations between Chronic Community Noise Exposure and Blood Pressure at Rest and during Acute Noise and Non-Noise Stressors among Urban School Children in India

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 3457-3466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Lepore ◽  
Bhaskar Shejwal ◽  
Bang Hyun Kim ◽  
Gary W. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
School Children ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Community Noise

scholarly journals A study of blood pressure in rural and urban school children

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1261
Author(s):  
R. V. Baradol ◽  
Purushotham D. R.
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
School Children ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Systolic Hypertension ◽  
Blood Pressure Measurement ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Rural And Urban

Background: Hypertension is one of the most common diseases worldwide. Early diagnosis of Hypertension is an important strategy in its control. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension and risk factors among school going children and to find its relationship with regard to age, sex, height, weight and BMI criteria and comparing the values with available standards.Methods: It is a prospective cross-sectional study done in the age group of 10 to 16 years. Children were selected from urban and rural areas in and around Mysore city. Blood pressure measurements were taken by mercury Sphygmomanometer as per recommendation of American Heart Association. Three readings of blood pressure were recorded for each subject and were correlated with age, gender and anthropometry. All the statistical operations were done through SPSS.Results: The present study was conducted amongst children in the age group of 10-16 years in rural and urban schools. A total of 2000 children were included in the study. BP measurements of 1000 subjects in three urban school children and 1000 school children in one rural school children in Mysuru district were done. In rural school children prevalence of systolic hypertension was 2.8% in males and 0.9% in females. In urban school children prevalence of systolic hypertension was 2.1% in males and 1.2% in females.Conclusions: Blood pressure measurement in children is pivotal in clinical examination. Periodic measurement of blood pressure would identify hypertension at an early age. Further studies are needed to know the exact prevalence of hypertension and long term follow up studies are required to know the effect and risk factors associated in children with sustained hypertension.

scholarly journals Comparison of Blood Pressure In Deaf Secondary School Children and Their hearing Counterparts: Association Between Noise and Blood Pressure

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
O G B Nwaorgu ◽  
O S Arulogun
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Impact

Background and Objective: High blood pressure has been known to be one of the problems that could develop as a result of exposure to noise. Consequently, those who are hearing impaired are thought to be immune to this. This study assessed the relationship between noise exposure and blood pressure. Methodology: This is a comparative prospective study involving participants (consisting of the hearing and the hearing impaired) drawn from a school environment that is situated close to a major highway and railway and evaluating the impact of noise on their blood pressure. Results: The study population consisted of 299 secondary school students. The noise sensitive group comprised 220 participants with normal hearing while the noise-insensitive group comprised 79 hearing impaired from the same school. More participants 6 (85.7%) from the noise insensitive group were found to have significantly higher blood pressure than their hearing counterparts 1 (14.3%). In addition, majority of the participants (63.1%) irrespective of their level of noise sensitivity were underweight. Conclusion: This study finds noise exposure alone not sufficient to bring about an increase in blood pressure of the studied population. This not withstanding we advocate for policy measures aimed at controlling the source of environmental noise around educational institution which will aid in reducing the adverse effects of noise on the school children. KEYWORDS: Blood pressure, Hearing impairment, Body Mass Index, School Pupils.

scholarly journals Biophysical profile of blood pressure in urban school children

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-54
Author(s):  
Dr. K. Pavan Kumar ◽  
◽  
Dr. S. Srikrishna ◽  
Dr. P.S. Murthy ◽  
Dr. Padmanabha Reddy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
School Children ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Biophysical Profile

scholarly journals A study of adolescent obesity and hypertension in urban school in Mumbai

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita D. Patil ◽  
Sonali Shejul ◽  
Prashant Bhandarkar ◽  
Ashok Kattimani ◽  
Ansari Mudassir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
School Children ◽  
Blood Pressure Measurement ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Indian Academy ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Hypertensive Disorder ◽  
Low Middle Income Countries ◽  
Significant Difference

Background: Obesity and high blood pressure is increasingly prevalent, not only in adults but also in children. Initially thought to be disease of high income countries (HIC), this disease is now increasing across low middle income countries (LMIC). This study aims to estimate the prevalence of obesity and hypertension among urban school children in Mumbai.Methods: Guidelines of Indian Academy of Pediatrics were used to calculate BMI Z Score and identify the overweight and obese adolescents. Children from the age group of 9 to 15 years were selected from schools in Mumbai. Standard guidelines of blood pressure measurement using Sex height specific blood pressure percentile charts were used. Normotensive, pre-hypertensive and hypertensive adolescents were recognized. Associations among both groups were checked using chi-square test of significance and gender wise differences were studied.Results: Among 1486 adolescents studied prevalence of overweight and obesity was found to be 20.18% and 16.01% respectively. While the prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension was found to be 7.5% and 5.4% respectively. Gender wise significant difference was found; boys had blood pressure slightly higher than that of girls.Conclusions: Study documents scenario of increasing obesity and hypertension among urban school children of India. Strong association exists between both obese/ overweight and hypertensive disorder.

scholarly journals Prevalence of hypertension in urban school children aged 5 to 10 years in North India

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 2055
Author(s):  
Manoja Kumar Das ◽  
Vidyut Bhatia ◽  
Anupam Sibal
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
School Children ◽  
Cardiovascular Health ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
North India ◽  
Indian Children ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
And Gender

Background: Blood pressure in children is a known predictor cardiovascular health and outcome in adulthood. Prevalence of hypertension in Indian adults is rising over the years. It is anticipated that the blood pressure in Indian children might have also increased over the years. This study was undertaken to document the prevalence of hypertension among urban school children aged 5-10 years in North India. Methods: This cross-sectional study was undertaken in 28 private schools in urban Faridabad, Haryana. A total of 5636 children aged 5 to 10 years from both sexes undergone blood pressure, height and weight measurement. Prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension was estimated using the available reference cutoff for Indian children. The prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension was compared for different BMI categories and gender. Results: Overall the prevalence of hypertension was 19.7%, while 13.4% children were in pre-hypertensive range. The prevalence of hypertension increased with BMI and age in both sexes. The prevalence of hypertension was higher in girl than boys. Hypertension was documented in 14.6% of the underweight and 20.6% of normal-weight children.Conclusion: A high proportion of children were hypertensive or pre-hypertensive. The prevalence of hypertension in under-weight and normal-weight children indicate need for systematic documentation.

Risk assessment of occupational and occupationally conditioned diseases connection to noise when exceeding maximum permissible levels

2019 ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Fokin ◽  
Dmitrii M. Shlyapnikov ◽  
Svetlana V. Red’ko
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
High Blood Pressure ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
Permissible Levels ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Perm Region

In accordance with the requirements of paragraph 3.2.6 of sanitary rules and norms «Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for physical factors at workplace», in the event of exceeding noise level at workplace above 80 dBA, an employer is obliged to assess the health risk of workers and confirm an acceptable risk to their health. The connection between the incidence of occupational and occupationally conditioned diseases with noise exposure exceeding the maximum permissible levels (80 dBA) was estimated. The assessment was carried out at a food industry enterprise of Perm Region. Assessing the relationship between morbidity and noise exposure is the first step in evaluation of occupational health risks for workers exposed to noise exceeding MAL. If a reliable relationship between morbidity and noise exposure is established, an assessment of occupational risk is conducted. The odds ratio (OR) for diseases characterized by high blood pressure and disorders of autonomic nervous system was <1 (confidence interval CI=0.11–1.61 and CI=0.08–2.78, respectively). The relative risk (RR) for diseases characterized by high blood pressure and disorders of autonomic nervous system was <1. The received data testify absence of connection of morbidity with exposure to industrial noise, calculation of etiological share of responses and levels of risk is not required.

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