Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

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

  • ahmadi, Nastaran (Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Namayandeh, Seyedeh Mahdieh (Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center, Health Faculty, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Bafghi, Seyed Mahmood Sadr (Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center, Health Faculty, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza (Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Mirzaei, Masoud (Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Sarebanhassanabadi, Mohammadtaghi (Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang (Industrial Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Faraji, Reza (Krmanshah Cardiovascular Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Nilforoshan, Neda (Department of Psychology, Yazd Azad University) ;
  • Karimi, Ahmad (Research Center of Prevention and Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease, Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences)
  • Received : 2019.01.29
  • Accepted : 2020.03.05
  • Published : 2020.08.15
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Abstract

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.

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