Age-, sex-, and height-based blood pressure reference charts, Yazd children 6–18 years, Iran

• Published in: Clinical and experimental pediatrics Vol. 63; no. 8; pp. 321 - 328
• Main Authors: ahmadi, Nastaran, Mahdieh Namayandeh, Seyedeh, Bafghi, Seyed Mahmood Sadr, Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza, Mirzaei, Masoud, Sarebanhassanabadi, Mohammadtaghi, Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang, Faraji, Reza, Nilforoshan, Neda, Karimi, Ahmad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sŏul Clinical and Experimental Pediatics / Korean Pediatric Society 01.08.2020; Korean Pediatric Society; The Korean Pediatric Society; 대한소아청소년과학회
• Subjects: adolescence; Age groups; Blood pressure; blood pressure percentile chart; Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Child development; Children & youth; Consent; Families & family life; Girls; Heart; Hypertension; Mental disorders; Original; Parents & parenting; Rural areas; Teenagers; 소아과학; Iran; United States > US
• ISSN: 2713-4148; 2713-4148
• DOI: 10.3345/cep.2019.00094

Background: Pediatric hypertension is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric populations.Purpose: To examine pediatric hypertension in a clinical setting, we used the percentile rank approach and defined hypertension as that above the 95th percentile.Methods: The present study was linked to the a national analytical cross-sectional community-based Iranian Children and Adolescents’ Psychiatric Disorders (IRCAP) survey. The survey was nationwide and funded by the National Institute of Medical Research Development. The IRCAP survey included 31,000 children and adolescents aged 6–18 years in all 31 Iran provinces. The current study included 1,035 children and adolescents and linked the data of the risk factors of cardiovascular disease only in Yazd province via random cluster sampling.Results: Of the total participants, 456 (44.1%) were male and 579 (55.9%) were female. The mean age was 11.2±3.8 years (11.7±3.7 years for males, 11.0±3.6 years for females), while mean height was 146±20.0 cm overall, 147.2±22.0 cm for males, and 144.6±17.0 cm for females (P=0.009). The blood pressure distributions and percentiles were evaluated.Conclusion: Here we determined age- and height-specific 50th, 90th, 95th, and 99th percentiles of systolic and diastolic blood pressures in Yazd boys and girls using 10-cm height intervals.