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. 2015 Jul 8;29(2):217–225. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpv091

Table 3.

Trends in prevalence (%) of elevated blood pressure and high blood pressure among US children and adolescents aged 8–17 years, NHANES 1999–2012

1999–2002 2003–2008 2009–2012 Absolute change b P value for trend c P value for trend d
Elevated BP a
 Total 12.4(0.8) 12.2(0.9) 9.6(0.8) −2.8 0.011 0.002
Age group
 8–12 years 6.9(1.0) 8.1(1.1) 5.3(0.7) −1.6 0.162 0.106
 13–17 years 17.7(1.0) 15.9(1.1) 13.6(1.3) −4.1 0.017 0.003
Sex
 Boys 16.0(1.1) 15.2(1.2) 12.9(1.3) −3.1 0.020 0.006
 Girls 8.6(1.1) 9.1(0.9) 6.5(0.9) −2.1 0.139 0.076
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 11.6(1.1) 12.5(1.2) 8.4(1.1) −3.2 0.042 0.011
 Non-Hispanic Black 14.5(1.2) 14.3(0.9) 13.8(1.1) −0.7 0.344 0.144
 Hispanic 12.5(1.4) 10.9(1.0) 10.4(1.5) −2.1 0.260 0.190
 Other races 14.6(3.1) 8.0(1.9) 8.8(2.1) −5.8 0.128 0.180
HBP
 Total 2.9(0.3) 2.9(0.4) 1.6(0.3) −1.3 0.003 0.001
Age group
 8–12 years 2.8(0.5) 3.6(0.6) 1.2(0.4) −1.6 0.018 0.012
 13–17 years 3.0(0.4) 2.4(0.4) 1.9(0.5) −1.1 0.099 0.065
Sex
 Boys 3.2(0.4) 2.9(0.5) 1.8(0.5) −1.4 0.045 0.028
 Girls 2.6(0.5) 3.0(0.6) 1.4(0.2) −1.2 0.028 0.019
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 2.4(0.4) 3.3(0.6) 1.3(0.4) −1.1 0.116 0.085
 Non-Hispanic Black 2.5(0.5) 3.0(0.4) 2.9(0.5) 0.4 0.589 0.851
 Hispanic 4.4(0.8) 2.3(0.5) 1.7(0.5) −2.7 0.006 0.005
 Other races 4.7(2.4) 1.0(0.7) 0.9(0.4) −3.8 0.024 0.039

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; HBP, high blood pressure.

a Including pre-HBP and HBP. b Prevalence in 2009–2012 minus that in 1999–2002. c Adjusted for sex, age and race/ethnicity. d Adjusted for sex, age, race/ethnicity, and BMI-Z value.