@article{1e0b990ad7284f83b85d9785fb09c9cc,
title = "Physical Activity as a Predictor of Changes in Systolic Blood Pressure for African-American Adolescents Seeking Treatment for Obesity",
abstract = "Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine changes in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and whether physical activity and obesity status predicted SBP change for African-American adolescents (n = 181) participating in a behavioral weight control trial. Methods: Data were collected at baseline, 7 months (end-of-treatment), and 9 months (2-month follow-up). Results: Nearly half of adolescents achieved clinically significant SBP reductions at 7 and 9 months. Significantly, fewer adolescents had elevated SBP at 7 and 9 months compared with baseline (both p < .001). Changes in percent overweight and moderate-to-vigorous activity predicted changes in SBP over time. Conclusions: Obesity reduction and increases in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity may predict short-term, clinically meaningful reductions in SBP for African American adolescents with obesity.",
keywords = "Adolescents, Blood pressure, Health disparities, Obesity, Physical activity",
author = "Towner, {Elizabeth K.} and Gaurav Kapur and Carcone, {April Idalski} and J. Janisse and Ellis, {Deborah A.} and {Catherine Jen}, {Kai Lin} and Sylvie Naar",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ( U01HL097889 ). The National Institutes of Health had no role in the study design; data collection, analysis, or interpretation; writing of this manuscript; or the decision to submit the manuscript. Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U01HL097889). The National Institutes of Health had no role in the study design; data collection, analysis, or interpretation; writing of this manuscript; or the decision to submit the manuscript. Outcomes described in this article were presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Obesity Society (New Orleans, Louisiana). The conference was in November 2016. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine",
year = "2019",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.04.001",
language = "English",
volume = "65",
pages = "430--432",
journal = "Journal of Adolescent Health",
issn = "1054-139X",
publisher = "Journal of Adolescent Health",
number = "3",
}