Overweight, obesity, high blood pressure and lifestyle factors among Mexican children and their parents

Table 3 Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, eating and physical patterns in school-aged children of low socioeconomic status in Mexico City according to parent’s weight status

Children’s variables	Parent’s variables			p value^a
Children’s variables	Total (n = 83)	Normal weight (n = 31)	Overweight/obesity (n = 52)	p value^a
Overweight and obesity (%)	41.2	35.7	45.0	0.46
Systolic HBP (%)	30.9	28.6	32.5	0.47
Diastolic HBP (%)	39.7	39.3	40.0	0.58
HBP (%)^b	47.1	46.4	47.5	0.56
Eating patterns
F/V consumption, portions	1.0 ± 0.8	1.23 ± 0.9	0.85 ± 0.7	0.09^c
F/V consumption (%)	2.0	4.8	0	0.24
Soda drinks consumption, portions	0.70 ± 0.9	0.47 ± 0.6	0.78 ± 0.9	0.20
Soda drinks consumption (%)	10.2	4.8	14.3	0.28
Physical activity patterns
Moderate activity (h/week)	3.7 ± 2.5	4.0 ± 2.6	3.6 ± 2.5	0.59
Moderate activity (%)	91.8	85.7	96.4	0.20
TV watching and videogames (h/day)	4.6 ± 3.2	4.9 ± 3.8	4.9 ± 4.3	0.94
TV watching and videogames (%)	89.8	85.7	92.9	0.36

Values are expressed as the mean ± SD, or as a percentage, where appropriate
F/V fruit and vegetables, HBP high blood pressure; classified according to height and gender percentiles
^aMann–Whitney U test
^bIncluding systolic or diastolic HBP
^cShowing trend for increased number of portions of fruit consumed by children and parents with a normal weight

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