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摘要
objective: to identify the blood pressure of adolescents in private schools in the city of fortaleza-ce. methods: this is a cross-sectional and quantitative study in which 794 adolescents were surveyed - between 12 and 17 years of age - from 14 private schools of that city, in the period from march to september 2007. it was used a questionnaire that contemplated the following characteristics: socio-demographic, blood pressure, body mass index (bmi), physical activity and capillary glucose. results: it was found that 19.7% of young people had high blood pressure. the male participants had systolic blood pressure (sbp) and diastolic blood pressure (dbp) higher than females (p=0.0001). the investigation found higher values of sbp and dbp in those who were overweight (p=0.0001). conclusion: the blood pressure was influenced mainly by gender and bmi.
