Abstract
Blood pressure (BP) in childhood often correlates with BP in adulthood. The knowledge in children's dietary influence on BP is limited.
Aims:
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1. - To analyse BP and different food groups consumption relationship.
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2. - To determine food intake differences between children with normal or higher BP values (≥ 85th percentile).
Methods: We enrolled 428 children, provided parent's consent. We measured BP: systolic (syst) and diastolic (diast), pulse pressure (PP), mean pressure (MP). A 7-days questionnaire provided diet information. Z-score BP values classified participants into two groups: High-BP (HBP) ≥ 1.03 (n: syst=46, diast=100), Normal-BP (NBP) < 1.03 (n: syst=382, diast=328).
Results:
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- Age: 7.9±2.4 years.
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- Correlation's analysis (significant results, Pearson C):
ZScoreBPsyst: milk (-0,150), eggs (0,101), sweetbeverages (-0,109), pastries
(-0,143)
ZScoreBPdiast: sweet-beverages lpar;-0,156), nuts (-0,107), chocolate (-0,108)
PP: milk (-0,141), eggs (0,130), vegetables (-0,111), pastries (-0,097)
PM: cheese (0,100), fried-food (0,101), sweetbeverages (-0,179), nuts (-0,107), pastries (-0,129), chocolate (-0,118)
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- Comparison of means showed significant differences:
NBP-syst ate more weekly portions of milk (NBP 7.5 ± 3.3; HBP 5.9±3.3) and pulses (NBP 1.1±1.1; HBP 0.7±1); and less fried-food (NBP 2.5±2; HBP 3.3± 2.4).
NBP-diast ate more weekly portions of pastries (NBP 4.4±3.4; HBP 3.7±3.4), chocolate-products (NBP 4.9±3.8; HBP 3.9±3.1), eggs (NBP 2.1±1.3; HBP 1.7±1.4), sweet-beverages (NBP 2.6±3.2; HBP 1.8±2.1), nuts (NBP 0.5±1; HBP 0.3± 0.6) and vegetables (NBP 16.1±7,4; HBP 14.4±6.8).
Conclusions:
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- Some sort of food seems to have early influence in BP values.
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- Relationship between food and BP in childhood must be considered as protective cardiovascular risk factors.
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Moya, S., Terrades, C., Fàbrega, C. et al. 1273 Children's Blood Pressure and Food Intake. Pediatr Res 68 (Suppl 1), 630–631 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-201011001-01273
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-201011001-01273