Patterns and predictors of elevated blood pressure and hypertension among primary school children in urban Kenya

aDepartment of Nutrition & Food Studies, College of Health & Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

bDepartment of Nutrition & Health, Maseno University, Maseno

cSchool of Public Health, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

dDepartment of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins University

eDepartment of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Correspondence to Constance A. Gewa, Associate Professor, George Mason University, College of Health & Human Services - Department of Nutrition & Food Studies, 4408 Patriot Circle, Suite 4100, MSN 1F7, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA. Tel: +1 703 993 2173; fax: +1 703 993 6038; e-mail: [email protected]

Abbreviations: BAZ, BMI-for-age z-scores; BP, blood pressure; NACOSTI, National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation; SES, socioeconomic status; SKF, skinfold; SSBs, sugar-sweetened beverages; TSKF, total skinfold; WHtR, waist-circumference-to-height ratio

Received 25 March, 2022

Revised 16 July, 2022

Accepted 5 August, 2022

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