Table 1 Characteristics of the population, anthropometrics and blood pressure levels by gender and locality
Sex | Boys | Girls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys (n = 616) | Girls (n = 661) | Rural (n = 111) | Semi-urban (n = 143) | Urban (n = 362) | Rural (n = 103) | Semi-urban (n = 153) | Urban (n = 405) | |
Age (y) | 12.9 (2.3) | 13.0 (2.1) | 12.7 (0.2) | 11.8 (0.2)** | 13.4 (0.2)*** | 12.6 (0.2) | 12.5 (0.2) | 13.2 (0.1)** |
Height | 147.2 (0.6) | 148.8 (1.6) | 141.5 (1.2) | 137.8 (1.2)* | 150.7 (0.7)*** | 142.2 (1.1) | 142.0 (1.0) | 149.5 (0.6)*** |
Weight | 38.8 (0.4) | 41.2 (0.4)*** | 34.8 (0.9) | 32.1 (0.8)* | 42.7 (0.5)*** | 36.1 (1.0) | 36.4 (0.8) | 44.3 (0.5)*** |
BMI | 17.7 (0.1) | 18.8 (0.1)*** | 17.1 (0.2) | 16.5 (0.2)** | 18.4 (0.2)*** | 17.6 (0.3) | 17.7 (0.3) | 19.5 (0.2)*** |
Overweight % | 3.1 | 6.4*** | 0.0 | 1.4 | 4.6* | 4.9 | 1.3 | 8.6 |
Pulse Rate | 78.7 (0.5) | 85.3 (0.5)*** | 82.5 (1.1) | 78.3 (1.2)* | 77.7 (0.7)*** | 88.9 (1.0) | 79.5 (1.0)*** | 86.7 (0.7) |
Systolic BP# | 107.5 (0.4) | 109.1 (0.4)** | 104.7 (1.1) | 109.2 (1.0)*** | 107.6 (0.6)** | 107.4 (1.0) | 108.0 (0.8) | 109.8 (0.5) |
Diastolic BP# | 63.8 (0.4) | 66.7 (0.3)*** | 62.3 (0.7) | 66.5 (0.7)*** | 63.1 (0.4) | 64.6 (0.9) | 66.1 (0.7) | 67.5 (0.5)** |