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Estimation of Salt Intake in Normotensive and Hypertensive Children: The Role of Body Weight

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العنوان: Estimation of Salt Intake in Normotensive and Hypertensive Children: The Role of Body Weight
المؤلفون: Martina Kos, Tihana Nađ, Lorena Stanojević, Matea Lukić, Ana Stupin, Ines Drenjančević, Silvija Pušeljić, Erna Davidović Cvetko, Zrinka Mihaljević, Dijana Dumančić, Ivana Jukić
المصدر: Nutrients; Volume 15; Issue 3; Pages: 736
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: children, essential arterial hypertension, 24-h urine, dietary sodium, food frequency questionnaire
جغرافية الموضوع: agris
الوصف: Objective: The connection between increased dietary salt intake and arterial hypertension has been recognized for a long time, even in children. This study aimed to investigate salt consumption in normotensive and hypertensive children and evaluate their dietary habits. Materials and Methods: A total of fifty participants were included in this cross-sectional study: twenty-five normotensive children and 25 children of both sexes with essential arterial hypertension from 12–17 years old. Subjects’ body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, body composition and arterial blood pressure were measured, and their daily salt intake was calculated from 24-h urine samples. Using the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), the data on the average daily total energy and food intakes were collected and analyzed using a suitable program. Results: Estimated daily salt intake was significantly higher in hypertensive compared to normotensive children, and this is positively associated with blood pressure and body mass index (BMI). Hypertensive children had significantly higher BMIs, which also positively correlated with blood pressure. Consistently, resting metabolic rate (kcal) is higher in hypertensive children compared to normotensive, and this is also associated with blood pressure. Reported energy intake is also enlarged in hypertensive compared to normotensive children and for both groups, levels are significantly higher than the recommended values. Conclusions: Our study results confirm the relationship between daily salt consumption, blood pressure and body weight. Sodium consumption related to blood pressure and body weight among children. Cardiovascular disease prevention should start in early childhood by reducing salt intake and preventing overweight/obesity since these are two of the most important modifiable risk factors for hypertension.
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اللغة: English
Relation: Nutrition Methodology & Assessment; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15030736
DOI: 10.3390/nu15030736
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15030736
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.966FB3D6
قاعدة البيانات: BASE