Table 3.
Adjusted mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels by ethnicity and sex
| Systolic blood pressure [95% CI] | Diastolic blood pressure [95% CI] | |||
| Model I | Model II | Model I | Model II | |
| Boys | ||||
| Hindustani | 114.2 (111.6–116.8) | 114.4 (112.0–116.9) | 70.0 (68.1–72.0) | 70.2 (68.3–72.1) |
| Creole | 117.2 (114.5–119.8) | 116.7 (114.2–119.1) | 67.6 (65.4–69.9) | 67.3 (65.4–69.2) |
| Javanese | 117.3 (114.1–120.4) | 117.3 (114.3–120.2) | 70.9 (68.5–73.3) | 70.9 (68.6–73.2) |
| Maroon | 112.5 (108.8–116.3) | 114.0 (110.5–117.6) | 66.1 (63.2–69.0) | 67.1 (64.3–69.9) |
| Mixed-ethnicity | 116.5 (114.3–118.8) | 116.2 (114.1–118.3) | 69.6 (67.9–71.4) | 69.4 (67.8–71.0) |
| Girls | ||||
| Hindustani | 104.5 (102.1–106.9) | 105.0 (102.8–107.2) | 68.8 (67.1–70.6) | 69.1 (67.4–70.7) |
| Creole | 107.9 (105.4–110.3) | 107.2 (105.0–109.4) | 67.2 (65.4–68.9) | 66.8 (65.1–68.5) |
| Javanese | 106.7 (104.1–109.4) | 107.7 (105.0–110.2) | 70.6 (68.7–72.6) | 71.2 (69.3–73.0) |
| Maroon | 107.3 (104.2–110.4) | 106.2 (103.4–109.0) | 66.1 (64.0–68.4) | 65.6 (63.4–67.9) |
| Mixed-ethnicity | 105.6 (103.9–107.1) | 105.6 (104.1–107.1) | 68.3 (67.2–69.5) | 68.3 (67.2–69.4) |
Model I (adjusted for age and height) model II (model I plus BMI); CI, confidence intervals