Association between obesity in childhood and hypertension incidence: A prospective cohort study

Objective: To explore the association between obese level as well as the level of change in childhood and hypertension incidence. Methods: A perspective cohort study was conducted. As part of Beijing Child and Adolescent Metabolic Syndrome (BCAMS) study, 2189 non-hypertensive children aged 6–16 years at school were followed up in 2010. In this study, height, weight, waist circumference (WC) and blood pressure was measured at follow-up, and body...