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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 127, No. 4: 726-733
Copyright © 1988 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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LEISURE TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND BLOOD PRESSURE IN SCHOOLCHILDREN

PASQUALE STRAZZULLO1,, FRANCESCO P. CAPPUCCIO1, MAURIZIO TREVISAN1 2, ANIELLO DE LEO1, VITTORIO KROGH1 2, NICOLA GIORGIONE1 and MARIO MANCINI1

1Institute of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Diseases, Centre for Arteriosclerosis, Second Medical School, University of Naples Naples, Italy

Reprint requests to Dr. Pasquale Strazzuilo, Clinica Medica II, Nuovo Policlinico, Via S. Pansini 5, I-80131 Naples, Italy.

The relation between blood pressure and habitual physical activity during leisure time was investigated in a random sample of 272 sixth grade school children (mean age, 11.3 years) who entered secondary school in 1983 in Marano di Napoli, a suburb of Naples, Italy. Blood pressure, pulse rate, and anthropometry were measured with standardized techniques. Physical activity was evaluated by a questionnaire outlining four levels of physical activity during leisure time. The study provided evidence that a low level of physical activity during leisure time In 11-year-old children is associated with higher systolic blood pressure independent of sex, age, and adiposity. These findings may be relevant to programs of primary prevention of arterial hypertension in early life.

adolescence; blood pressure; exercise; physical; primary prevention

Present address: Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY.


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