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. 2013 Nov 18;2013:968754. doi: 10.1155/2013/968754

Table 3.

Mean age, BMI, and incidence of elevated BP among obese Kuwaiti adolescents, by sex and different adolescence stages.

Sex Age
(year)
N BMI
(kg/m2)
Systolic BP
(mm Hg)
Diastolic BP
(mm Hg)
MAP
(mm Hg)
Elevated BP
N (%)
Males 11–13 48 33.8 (3.9) 124.4 (13.2) 76.0 (12.7) 92.2 (12.0) 25 (52%)
14–16 38 35.2 (4.8) 132.7 (12.2) 78.1 (9.3) 96.3 (9.4) 23 (61%)
17–19 42 35.1 (4.5) 142.9 (12.8) 91.8 (12.8) 108.8 (11.6) 35 (83%)
All 128 34.6 (4.4) 132.9 (14.8) 81.8 (13.7) 98.8 (13.2) 83 (64%)

Females 11–13 20 32.2 (3.4) 125.6 (10.8) 74.9 (12.4) 91.7 (11.5) 14 (70%)
14–16 29 35.4 (6.1) 125.8 (13.6)* 78.0 (9.9) 93.8 (9.0) 18 (62%)
17–19 32 34.3 (5.0) 133.4 (15.3)** 85.5 (16.0) 101.5 (14.9)* 18 (56%)
All 81 34.2 (5.2) 128.8 (14.1)* 80.1 (14.1) 96.3 (12.8) 50 (60%)

Both Total 209 34.47 (4.7) 131.6 (14.7) 81.3 (13.8) 97.9 (13.1) 133 (63%)

BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; MAP: mean arterial blood pressure.

Values are means (SD).

Elevated BP: defined as systolic and/or diastolic pressures >95th percentile for age.

Difference between male and female; *significance at P < 0.05; **significance at P < 0.01.