The association between obesity and blood pressure in Thai public school children

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension by BMI for age and WC among school children

Criteria	BMI for age and gender				p-value	WC		p-value
Criteria	Under weight	Normal	Over weight	Obese	p-value	< P₇₅	≥ P₇₅	p-value
Normal	62 (100.0)	375 (96.9)	102 (97.1)	106 (73.1)	< 0.001	508 (97.3)	131 (76.6)	< 0.001
Pre-hypertension	0 (0.0)	6 (1.6)	2 (1.9)	19 (13.1)		9 (1.7)	18 (10.5)
Hypertension	0 (0.0)	6 (1.6)	1 (1.0)	20 (13.8)		5 (1.0)	22 (12.9)

Data are presented as n (%) and were calculated by χ² test. SBP, systolic blood pressure and DBP, diastolic blood pressure ≥ P₉₀ but less than P₉₅ was defined as pre-hypertension; ≥ P₉₅ was defined as hypertension with boys and girls.

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