Proportion of Raised Blood Pressure and Raised Blood Sugar Level in Newly Diagnosed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
ADHD is now considered as a disease spanning the life span. The physical co morbidities of ADHD has not been yet studied adequately .It is unknown whether ADHD is associated with any childhood or adolescent variation in the physiological parameters .The authors have examined the association between ADHD and blood pressure and random blood sugar levels. To define the extent of this hypotheses, the authors performed a cross sectional analysis of blood pressure and random blood sugar level assessment in children newly detected with ADHD. 20.9% of children with ADHD had increased blood pressure (> 90th percentile).Random blood sugar values were normal except for one value, which came as an impaired value. There was positive association between body mass index and systolic blood pressure (χ2 = 4.338, p = 0.037) and correlation with random blood sugar values (Pearson Correlation r =0.286, p =0.002).A significant proportion of children with ADHD has prehypertension. The positive association of increasing blood pressure and blood sugar with increasing body mass index in children with ADHD may indicate a potential biological association between childhood ADHD and adult metabolic syndrome . The retrospective studies on adults with metabolic syndrome should throw light on the causal factors of this world wide epidemic.
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Arun B Nair
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