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Table 1 Basic characteristics of 6–17 years old schoolchildren with different high blood pressure subtype

From: Prevalence of high blood pressure subtypes and its associations with BMI in Chinese children: a national cross-sectional survey

Variable

Total

Boys(n = 32,064)

Girls(n = 30,104)

P

Mean(s.d.)

Mean(s.d.)

Mean(s.d.)

Age

10.8(3.3)

10.7(3.3)

10.9(3.3)

<0.001

BMI

18.6(3.8)

18.8(3.9)

18.2(3.5)

<0.001

SBP

104.3(12.2)

105.7(12.5)

102.8(11.6)

<0.001

DBP

66.3(8.8)

66.8(9.0)

65.7(8.6)

<0.001

HBP

5933(9.5%)

3262(10.2%)

2671(8.9%)

<0.001

Normal BPa

56,235(90.5%)

28,802(89.8%)

27,433(91.1%)

HBP subtype

 ISHBPa

2263(3.6%)

1404(4.4%)

859(2.9%)

<0.001

 IDHBPa

1992(3.2%)

1001(3.1%)

991(3.3%)

 SDHBPa

1678(2.7%)

857(2.7%)

821(2.7%)

nutritional status

 Underweighta

4456(7.2%)

2528(7.9%)

1928(6.4%)

<0.001

 Normal weighta

43,121(69.4%)

20,365(63.5%)

22,756(75.6%)

 Overweighta

7888(12.7%)

4823(15.0%)

3065(10.2%)

 Obesitya

6703(10.8%)

4348(13.6%)

2355(7.8%)

  1. avalues are numbers and proportions (%). s.d. standard deviation, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HBP high blood pressure, SDHBP combined systolic and diastolic high blood pressure, IDHBP isolated diastolic high blood pressure, ISHBP isolated systolic high blood pressure