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Table 1 Demographic, anthropometric, and BP characteristics of the study participants by sex; values are mean ± SD

From: Associations of short sleep duration with prehypertension and hypertension among Lithuanian children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Total (n = 6940)

Boys (n = 3189)

Girls (n = 3751)

P*

Age (years)

13.44 ± 1.11

13.43 ± 1.12

13.44 ± 1.10

0.852

Height (cm)

164.62 ± 9.89

166.70 ± 11.44

162.84 ± 7.94

<0.001

Weight (kg)

53.40 ± 11.93

55.14 ± 13.05

51.87 ± 10.60

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

19.56 ± 3.19

19.65 ± 3.14

19.45 ± 3.21

<0.001

SBP (mmHg)

118.31 ± 14.43

121.89 ± 15.99

115.27 ± 12.15

<0.001

DBP (mmHg)

65.59 ± 7.76

65.15 ± 7.84

65.96 ± 7.67

<0.001

  1. BP blood pressure, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure.
  2. *Boys versus girls (Mann–Whitney U test).
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