Submitted by Adriene Marchiori (adrienemarchiori@yahoo.com.br) on 2018-07-13T13:22:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MariaLúciadeOliveiraBezerra-TeseUFBA2013.pdf: 6389162 bytes, checksum: d370024cca2343e838b9b9684b8b59d5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Delba Rosa (delba@ufba.br) on 2018-07-16T13:13:39Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MariaLúciadeOliveiraBezerra-TeseUFBA2013.pdf: 6389162 bytes, checksum: d370024cca2343e838b9b9684b8b59d5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-16T13:13:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MariaLúciadeOliveiraBezerra-TeseUFBA2013.pdf: 6389162 bytes, checksum: d370024cca2343e838b9b9684b8b59d5 (MD5) / A hipertensão arterial é um dos mais importantes problemas de saúde pública que afeta populações mundialmente e pode iniciar na infância. OBJETIVO: Identificar a Prevalência de Pressão Arterial Elevada e fatores associados em escolares do ensino fundamental do município de Cajazeiras-PB. MÉTODOS: Estudo de corte transversal. A amostra foi composta 692 escolares de 10 a 15anos, de ambos os géneros, do município de Cajazeiras-PB. Avaliaram-se: pressão arterial, seguindo parâmetros do The Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents, índice de massa corporal, circunferência abdominal, género, idade, peso, altura, fatores sociodemográficos, hábitos alimentares, uso de bebida alcoólica e drogas, tabagismo, lesões e violência, atividade física, hábitos de proteção. Utilizaram-se os testes de Shapiro-Wilk, Mann Whitney, Qui-Quadrado, Exato de Fisher e uma regressão l ogística multivariada. Foi considerado p≤0,05. RESULTADOS: A preval~encia de PAE em ambos os gêneros foi de 3,5%, esteve relacionada ao sobrepeso, obesidade, gênero masculino, faixa etária mais elevada, tabagismo e moradia emzona urbana. Outras variáveis estudadas não estiveram associadas. CONCLUSÃO: A prevalência de PAE esteve dentro da média prevista para a faixa etária. Os que apresentam sobrepeso, obesidade e tabagismo estiveram mais expostos à PAE. A monitoração rotineira da PA é importante para a identificação precoce da PAE. Estudos desta natureza identificam fatores associados como sobrepeso, obesidade e tabagismo, importantes na prevenção de eventos cardiovasculares futuros. / Arterial hypertension is one of the most important problems in public health that affexts populations worldwide and can start in childhood. OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of Elevated Arterial Pressure (EAP) and associated factors in elementar/ school children in the municipality of Cajazeiras-PB. METHODS: Cross-sectional study. Sample included 692 school aged children from both genders, age ranging from 10 to 15 years old (stratified), from public and private schools located in rural and urban áreas of the municipality of CajazeirasPB. The variables studied were: arterial pressure (following the parameters recommended by the The Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents), body mass index, abdominal circumference, gender, age, weight, height, sociodemographic factors, dietary habits, alcohol use, drugs, lesions and violence, physical activity, and protection habits. Shapiro-Wilk, Mann Whitney, Chi-Square, Fisher's exact tests and a logistic were used. The levei of significance was p≤0,05. RESULTS: The prevalence of EAP in both genders was 3.5%. This was related to overweight, obesity, gender, age, tobacco smoking. Other studied variables were not associated with EAP. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of EAP was within the average expected for this age range. Those presenting overweight and obesity were more exposed to EAP. Routine monitoring of AP is important to early identification of EAP. Similar studies identify associated factors such as overweight, obesity, and tobacco use as important to prevent cardiovascular events in the future. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of EAP was within the average expected for this age range. Those presenting overweight and obesity were more exposed to EAP. Routine monitoring of AP is important to early identification of EAP. Similar studies identify associated factors such as overweight, obesity, and tobacco use as important to prevent cardiovascular events in the future.