Elevated blood pressure and its association with dietary patterns among Chinese children and adolescents aged 7-17 years

YOU Wenshuo; GUO Qiya; CAO Wei; YANG Titi; XU Peipei; GAN Qian; PAN Hui; WANG Xiaoning; YANG Zhenyu; ZHANG Qian; ZHAO Wenhua; XU Juan

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025191

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YOU Wenshuo, GUO Qiya, CAO Wei, YANG Titi, XU Peipei, GAN Qian, PAN Hui, WANG Xiaoning, YANG Zhenyu, ZHANG Qian, ZHAO Wenhua, XU Juan. Elevated blood pressure and its association with dietary patterns among Chinese children and adolescents aged 7-17 years[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(6): 863-867. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025191

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YOU Wenshuo, GUO Qiya, CAO Wei, YANG Titi, XU Peipei, GAN Qian, PAN Hui, WANG Xiaoning, YANG Zhenyu, ZHANG Qian, ZHAO Wenhua, XU Juan. Elevated blood pressure and its association with dietary patterns among Chinese children and adolescents aged 7-17 years[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(6): 863-867. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025191

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YOU Wenshuo, GUO Qiya, CAO Wei, YANG Titi, XU Peipei, GAN Qian, PAN Hui, WANG Xiaoning, YANG Zhenyu, ZHANG Qian, ZHAO Wenhua, XU Juan. Elevated blood pressure and its association with dietary patterns among Chinese children and adolescents aged 7-17 years[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(6): 863-867. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025191

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Elevated blood pressure and its association with dietary patterns among Chinese children and adolescents aged 7-17 years

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025191

YOU Wenshuo¹,
GUO Qiya^{1, 2},
CAO Wei^{1, 2},
YANG Titi¹,
XU Peipei³,
GAN Qian¹,
PAN Hui¹,
WANG Xiaoning¹,
YANG Zhenyu^{1, 2, 4},
ZHANG Qian^{1, 2},
ZHAO Wenhua¹,
XU Juan^{1
,
,}

1.
National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (100050), China

Received Date: 2025-03-26
Rev Recd Date: 2025-04-17

Available Online: 2025-07-04

Publish Date: 2025-06-25

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Abstract

Objective To understand the prevalence of elevated blood pressure and its association with dietary patterns in children and adolescents in China, providing evidence for developing dietary intervention of hypertension in children and adolescents. Methods Data were derived from the China Children's Nutrition and Health System Survey and Application Project(2019-2021). A stratified cluster random sampling method was used to include 7 933 participants from 28 survey sites in seven major regions of Northeast, North, Northwest, East, Central, South and Southwest China. Multivariate Logistic regression models were used to analyze associations between demographic characteristics, nutritional status and elevated blood pressure. Exploratory factor analysis identified dietary patterns, which were divided into three quartile groups (T3, T2, T1) based on factor scores (compliance for dietary pattern) from high to low, and multivariate Logistic regression model assessed the correlation between elevated blood pressure and dietary patterns. Results The prevalence of elevated blood pressure was 15.4% among Chinese children aged 7-17 years. Significant differences were observed across nutritional status (reference: underweight; normal weight: OR=1.57; overweight: OR=2.61; obesity: OR=3.85), urban/rural residence (reference: rural; urban: OR=0.86), and paternal education (reference: junior high school and below; bachelor degree or above: OR=0.68) (P < 0.05). The detection rates of high blood pressure in T3 group children and adolescents with four dietary patterns (staple food, animal based food, snacks, vegetables and fruits) were 15.7%, 14.6%, 16.8%, and 15.8%, respectively. After adjusting for residence, paternal education, and nutritional status, the "snack dietary pattern" (mainly candy, sugar-sweetened beverages, and processed snacks) showed positive associations with elevated blood pressure in T2 (OR=1.21) and T3 (OR=1.19) tertiles (P < 0.05). Conclusions The snack dietary pattern is a related factor for elevated blood pressure in children and adolescents. Restricting unhealthy snack intake may promote cardiovascular health.
- Child,
- Adolescent,
- Hypertension,
- Diet,
- Regression analysis

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