Table 3.

Distribution of children’s systolic and diastolic BP based on sex

Sex	Variable	Systolic BP		Diastolic BP
		Percent	Number	Percent	Number
Girls	Normal BP	64	343	68.7	368
	Pre-hypertensive	7.5	40	12.3	66
	Hypertensive	28.5	153	19	102
	Total	100	536	100	536
Boys	Normal BP	69.1	390	70.2	396
	Pre-hypertensive	11.9	67	14.5	82
	Hypertensive	18.8	106	15.2	86
	Total	100	564	100	564