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The purpose of our study was to examine the degree to which weight status has impli\u00adcations for elevated blood pressure among young African American males.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Method: &lt;\/strong&gt;The data for this cross-sectional study were drawn from adolescent males (&lt;em&gt;N&lt;\/em&gt;=105), aged 12-19 years and who participated in the Jackson Heart KIDS Pilot Study \u2013 an offspring cohort study examining cardiovascular disease risks among adoles\u00adcent descendants of Jackson Heart Study participants. Blood pressure was the primary outcome of interest and weight status was a key independent variable. Other covari\u00adates were fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, sleep, and stress.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;\/strong&gt;Approximately 49% of adolescent males in the study were overweight or obese. Bivariate and multiple variable analy\u00adses suggest that obesity may be correlated with elevated diastolic blood pressure (DBP) levels among African American boys. Results from ordinary least squared regression analysis indicate that the DBP for boys car\u00adrying excess weight was 4.2 mm Hg (&lt;em&gt;P&lt;\/em&gt;&amp;lt;.01) higher than the corresponding DBP for their normal weight counterparts, after control\u00adling for age, fruit and vegetable consump\u00adtion, physical activity, and sleep.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusions: &lt;\/strong&gt;Additional studies are needed to specify the manner through which excess weight and weight gain can accelerate the development and progression of CVD-related diseases among African Ameri\u00adcan males over the life course, thereby providing evidenced-based information for tailored interventions that can reduce risks for premature morbidity, disability, and mortality among this group. &lt;em&gt;Ethn Dis. &lt;\/em&gt;2015;25(3):305-312.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.18865\/ed.25.3.305","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,11,11]],"date-time":"2015-11-11T09:32:52Z","timestamp":1447234372000},"page":"305","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Weight Status and Blood Pressure among Adolescent African American Males: The Jackson Heart KIDS Pilot Study"],"prefix":"10.18865","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Marino A.","family":"Bruce, PhD","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bettina M.","family":"Beech, DrPH","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Derek M.","family":"Griffith, PhD","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roland J.","family":"Thorpe, Jr., PhD","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"18154","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,5]]},"container-title":["Ethnicity &amp; Disease"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ethndis.org\/edonline\/index.php\/ethndis\/article\/viewFile\/45\/48","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ethndis.org\/edonline\/index.php\/ethndis\/article\/viewFile\/45\/70","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ethndis.org\/edonline\/index.php\/ethndis\/article\/download\/45\/48","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,8]],"date-time":"2019-03-08T12:41:41Z","timestamp":1552048901000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ethndis.org\/edonline\/index.php\/ethndis\/article\/view\/45"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,5]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,5]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18865\/ed.25.3.305","relation":{},"ISSN":["1945-0826","1049-510X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1945-0826","type":"electronic"},{"value":"1049-510X","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,5]]}}}