[Association between different types of obesity and blood pressure among adolescents in eastern China]

To explore the association between different types of obesity and blood pressure in adolescents aged 12-17 years in eastern China.

Using multi-stage stratified random sampling, a total of 8279 adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years in eastern China were selected as the research objects from the "Nutrition and Health Surveillance for Chinese Children and Nursing Mothers" project from 2016 to 2017. According to BMI and WHtR, the subjects were divided into four types: non-obesity, general obesity, simple abdominal obesity and combined obesity. The normal high blood pressure and high blood pressure of people with different types of obesity were determined according to Blood Pressure Standards for Children at 3-17 Years Old Per Year and Height in China. The relationship between different types of obesity and the prevalence of high blood pressure was analyzed by χ~2 test, analysis of variance, multi-level linear model and multi-level Logistic regression model.

The prevalence of high normal blood pressure was 13. 66%(1069), and the prevalence of high blood pressure was 18. 79%(1782) in adolescents aged 12 to 17 years in eastern China. In the non-obese group, the prevalence of high normal blood pressure was 12. 85%(732), and the prevalence of high blood pressure was 13. 79%(999). In the general obesity group, the prevalence of high normal blood pressure was 20. 45%(99), and the prevalence of high blood pressure was 23. 62%(160). In the central obesity group, the prevalence of high normal blood pressure was 6. 95%(32), and the prevalence of high blood pressure was 14. 64%(87). The prevalence of high normal blood pressure was 16. 68%(206), and the prevalence of high blood pressure was 42. 42%(536) in the complex obesity group. The prevalence of high blood pressure(χ~2=8. 05, P<0. 01) the difference was statistically significant. Results of the multi-level model showed that the risk of high blood pressure in central obesity group was significantly higher in girls than in non-obese group(OR=1. 50, 95%CI 1. 12-2. 02). The risk of high normal blood pressure(OR=2. 05, 95%CI 1. 62-2. 58; OR=1. 83, 95%CI 1. 38-2. 42) and high blood pressure(OR=2. 06, 95%CI 1. 59-2. 67; OR=1. 57, 95%CI 1. 15-2. 14) in obese boys and girls were significantly higher than those in non-obese group. The risk of high normal blood pressure(OR=3. 80, 95%CI 3. 19-4. 51; OR=2. 79, 95%CI 2. 30-3. 37), high blood pressure(OR=4. 07, 95%CI 3. 39-4. 88; OR=2. 84, 95%CI 2. 32-3. 46) in both boys and girls with compound obesity was significantly higher than that in the non-obese group.

Different types of obesity have varying degrees of correction with different blood pressure levels in adolescents aged 12-17 years, combined obesity has the highest risk of elevated blood pressure.