Table 3.

Multiple regression analysis of factors associated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure

	Systolic blood pressure			Diastolic blood pressure
Boys	Beta	SE	p-value	Beta	SE	p-value
Rural locality	-3.53	1.16	0.003	-1.71	0.84	0.043
BMI	1.63	0.24	<0.0001	0.60	0.17	<0.0001
Age	1.64	0.24	<0.0001	0.53	0.17	0.002
Heart rate	0.13	0.04	0.001	0.06	0.03	0.016
R2	0.28			0.08
Girls
Rural locality	-0.07	1.09	0.325	-2.06	0.93	0.026
BMI	1.03	0.17	<0.0001	0.69	0.14	<0.0001
Age	1.68	0.22	<0.0001	0.54	0.19	0.005
Heart rate	0.16	0.03	<0.0001	0.13	0.03	<0.0001
R2	0.25			0.12

BMI = Body Mass Index