Table 2.

– Children Age 2–18 Years, Anthropometric Characteristics and Blood Pressure

	Underweight	Normal	Overweight/Obese
2–5 years (n=401)
Weight z-score	−2.2 (0.9)	−0.8 (1.0)	0.8 (1.2)*,†
Height z-score	−1.1 (1.0)	−1.0 (1.2)	−0.8 (1.4)
Systolic BP (mmHg)§	89 (10)	97(11)‡	101 (11)*
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	57 (6)	59 (9)	61 (8)
6–11 years (n=333)
Weight z-score	−2.4 (1.0)	−0.6 (2.4)	1.1 (1.0)*,†
Height z-score	−1.2 (1.0)	−0.5 (9)	−0.4 (1.4)
Systolic BP (mmHg)||	101 (1)	106 (12)	109 (11)
Diastolic BP (mmHg)||	60 (7)	61 (8)	63 (9)
12–19 years (n=217)
Weight z-score	−2.6 (2.6)	−0.7 (1.0)	1.1 (0.9)*,†
Height z-score	−1.1 (1.9)	−0.9 (1.4)	−0.4 (1.5)
Systolic BP (mmHg)§	105 (5)	111 (12)	117(15)‡
Diastolic BP (mmHg)§	64 (8)	63 (1)	61 (9)

Data presented as means ± SD, n= number of clinical encounters,

^*P≤0.001 vs. underweight,

^†P<0.05 vs. normal,

^‡P=0.02 vs. underweight,

^§measurements available for 50% of encounters,

^||measurements available for 80% of encounters. BP: blood pressure