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childhood obesity hypertension growing concerns globally especially developing countries study investigated association overall central obesity baseline prehypertension hypertension followup among preadolescent school children karachi pakistan sub study cohort design embedded within feasibility trial school health education program pakistan shepp preadolescent aged 611 years attending two private schools enrolled 2017 2019 hypertension prehypertension followup outcomes obesity central obesity baseline exposure variables hypertension defined systolic blood pressure andor diastolic blood pressure 95th percentile age sex height obesity defined body mass index forage sex 95th percentile whereas central obesity determined waist circumference measurements 85th percentile age sex height specific cutoffs logistic regression analysis used calculate odds ratios ors 95 confidence intervals cis identify risk factors hypertension prehypertension analysis conducted 908 participants evenly distributed 454 boys 454 girls hypertension observed 198 preadolescents rates 185 boys 210 girls prehypertension found 168 preadolescents 18 among boys 16 among girls additionally 128 preadolescents classified obese 298 central obesity obesity baseline associated hypertension 87 95 ci 35 204 final model adjusting age gender physical activity sedentary behavior fruits vegetable intake hypertension baseline central obesity baseline also yielded high odds prehypertension 19 95 ci 14 28 hypertension 27 95 ci 19 39 final model study highlights concerning prevalence hypertension prehypertension among preadolescent schoolgoing children obesity central obesity baseline emerged significant predictive factors hypertension within cohort findings emphasize urgency implementing comprehensive school health education programs aimed early detection effective management hypertension childhood adolescence school settings