Prevalence of Elevated Blood Pressure and Association with Obesity in Egyptian School Adolescents

Table 3

Prevalence of elevated blood pressure among study sample of school adolescents in relation to medical and family history of chronic diseases/conditions and health behaviours.

	Prevalence		χ ^2MH  (P)	OR (95% CI)
	No.	%
(a) Medical and family history
History of chronic disease
Positive (102, 6.8%)	20	19.6	10.96 (<.001)	2.46 (1.46–4.15)
Negative (1398, 93.2%)	126	9.0		1^@
FH hypertension
Positive (641, 42.7%)	78	12.2	7.07 (.008)	1.61 (1.14–2.27)
Negative (859, 57.3%)	68	7.9		1^@
FH diabetes mellitus
Positive (721, 48.1%)	84	11.7	5.39 (.02)	1.53 (1.08–2.15)
Negative (779, 51.9%)	62	8.4		1^@
FH obesity
Positive (571, 38.1%)	63	11.0	1.54 (.21)	1.26 (0.89–1.79)
Negative (929, 61.9%)	83	8.9		1^@
(b) Health behaviors
Sport participation
Never (415, 27.7%)	35	8.4	0.91 (.34)	0.81 (0.54–1.21)
Yes (1085, 72.3%)	111	10.2		1^@
Smoking behavior
Smoker (57, 3.8%)	9	15.8	1.81 (.12)	1.79 (0.86–3.72)
Nonsmoker (443, 96.2%)	137	9.5		1^@
Salt consumption
Very high/high (268, 17.9%)	28	10.4	0.10 (.75)	1.10 (0.71–1.70)
Moderate + little (1232, 82.1%)	118	9.6		1^@
Fat consumption
Very high + high (149, 9.9%)	11	7.4	0.76 (.38)	0.72 (0.38–1.36)
Moderate + little (1351, 90.1%)	135	10.0		1^@