Blood pressure screening of school children in a multiracial school district: the Healthy Kids Project.

Background: There are few studies of the prevalence of elevated blood pressure (BP) that include American Indian school children. Therefore, the intent of this study was to examine the relationships between BP and risk factors in a multiracial, predominantly American Indian, school district.

Methods: A total of 1,829 American Indian, white, Hispanic, and African American students, 5-17 years old, were included in this study.