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%) | |
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| 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%) | |
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| 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.