Trends in childhood and adolescent obesity prevalence in Oviedo (Asturias, Spain) 1992-2006.

Aim: To analyse obesity and overweight prevalence trend in Oviedo (Spain) during the last 14 years.

Patients And Methods: Two cross-sectional studies were conducted in the same five public schools of the urban area of Oviedo in 1992 and 2004-06. One thousand one hundred sixty-five children and young adults between the age of 6 and 17 years were studied in 1992 and 1312 in 2004-06.

[Epidemiological study of juvenile idiopathic arthtitis in the last sixteen years in Asturias (Spain)].

Introduction: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is one of the most common chronic diseases in children. The results of several epidemiologic studies have shown surprisingly wide variety in the incidence (0.8 to 22.

[Somu's formula in the diagnosis of hypertension in Spanish children and adolescents].

Background And Objective: Several formulae for the diagnosis of hypertension in children and adolescents have recently been published. We analyzed the usefulness of the formulae as a tool for the diagnosis of hypertension.

Material And Method: Concordance analysis between formula's predicted values for 95 percentile values in Spanish reference charts (RICARDIN study) for each age and sex and its diagnostic efficiency in the diagnosis of hypertension.