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Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics of the children and adolescents studied

From: Establishing percentiles for blood pressure based on absolute height for children and adolescents

Age (years)

 

Weight (kg)

Height (cm)

BMI (kg/m2)

DBP (mmHg)

SBP (mmHg)

n

X

SD

X

SD

X

SD

X

SD

X

SD

Males

 5.0-5.9

64

21.5

3.3

113.5

6.0

16.6

1.8

61.8

13.8

97.9

14.1

 6.0-6.9

77

26.0

6.6

120.1

6.1

17.9

3.8

61.7

13.7

97.6

12.5

 7.0-7.9

63

31.0

7.0

127.3

6.6

19.0

3.1

64.8*

11.7

101.7

14

 8.0-8.9

77

32.2

6.5

130.4

5.3

18.8

2.9

63.8*

9.5

103.0*

13

 9.0-9.9

96

36.8

8.8

136

8.3

19.8

3.8

66.9*

11.4

106.4*

14.5

 10.0-10.9

92

42.1

9.8

142.4

7.1

20.6

3.5

67.3*

10.6

106.2

12.8

 11.0-11.9

89

47.2

10.8

147.9

7.7

21.5

4.0

69.8*

13.3

109.2*

15.7

 12.0-12.9

106

50.4

10.9

154.3

8.2

20.7

4.0

69.9*

11.2

110.7*

16.7

 13.0-13.9

157

54.7

10.2

160.8

8.5

20.7

2.9

68.1

12.1

110.8

14

 14.0-14.9

180

60.0

11.0

166.1

6.6

21.7

3.7

68.3

11.7

112

15

 15.0-15.9

182

64.5*

9.2

169.9*

7.0

22.3

3.0

69.2

10.1

114.3*

14.8

 16.0-16.9

214

70.4*

12.8

171.5*

7.1

23.9

4.1

70.9

10.5

117.4*

15.8

 17.0-17.9

279

71.7*

13.3

171.4*

6.4

24.4

4.1

73.5

12.7

121.8*

19.3

 18.0-18.9

156

71.6*

11.0

172.0*

6.9

24.2

3.6

71.2

12.3

119.7*

20.5

Total

1832

56.1

19.2

157.4

19.5

21.9

4.2

69.1

12.1

112.5

17.5

Females

 5.0-5.9

55

22.1

3.5

113.7

5.2

17.0

2.2

62.2

12.0

97.5

12.6

 6.0-6.9

58

25.7

5.4

119.4

5.8

17.9

2.9

60.1

10.7

98.6

10.4

 7.0-7.9

52

29.1

6.0

126.2

6.2

18.1

2.5

61.4

9.5

101.1

12.4

 8.0-8.9

52

32.9

7.5

130.2

6.6

19.2

3.4

61.7

8.1

99.2

11.1

 9.0-9.9

76

36.5

8.0

137.4

6.8

19.2

3.1

63.9

8.8

101.6

10.9

 10.0-10.9

116

42.1

9.1

144.0

8.0

20.2

3.2

65.2

8.7

105.4

12.3

 11.0-11.9

81

47.2

9.0

150.9

7.3

20.7

3.6

65.6

9.4

104.4

12.9

 12.0-12.9

110

54.0

10.7

156.0

6.2

22.1

4.0

66.1

12.0

108

12.7

 13.0-13.9

75

56.3

10.3

158.6

7.3

22.4

3.6

69.0

10.3

110.9

12.0

 14.0-14.9

93

59.3

11.6

158.6

6.9

23.5

3.8

69.5

11.1

112.0

16.1

 15.0-15.9

81

60.4

10.5

159.6

4.2

23.7

3.9

69.0

9.1

110.3

13.2

 16.0-16.9

114

62.8

12.1

159.2

5.5

24.7

4.6

71.5

9.6

113.1

13.3

 17.0-17.9

141

64.1

13.9

158.5

4.9

25.4

4.9

72.3

12.4

111.1

16.4

 18.0-18.9

77

59.7

9.6

157.8

5.7

24

3.6

72.4

10.7

109.7

14.1

Total

1181

50.5

17

149

15.6

22

4.6

67.4

11.1

107.3

14.2

  1. Legend: * significant difference in relation to women, X Average, SD Standard deviation, BMI Body Mass Index, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure