Table 2.
Relationship between blood pressure classification and characteristics of 6-15 year old children
| Blood pressure | P-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension N (%) | Prehypertension N (%) | Normal N (%) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 31 (14.4) | 14 (6.5) | 171 (79.2) | 0.796 |
| Female | 25 (16.3) | 8 (5.2) | 120 (78.4) | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 6-10 | 39 (19.9) | 17 (8.7) | 140 (71.4) | 0.001* |
| 11-15 | 17 (9.8) | 5 (2.9) | 151 (87.3) | |
| Nationality | ||||
| Saudi | 16 (12.6) | 10 (7.9) | 101 (79.5) | 0.364 |
| Non-Saudi | 40 (16.5) | 12 (5.0) | 190 (78.5) | |
| BMI | ||||
| Overweight/obese | 20 (26.7) | 4 (5.3) | 51 (68.0) | 0.009* |
| Healthy body weight | 36 (12.2) | 18 (6.1) | 240 (81.6) | |
| Family history of hypertension | ||||
| Yes | 38 (16.5) | 13 (5.6) | 180 (77.9) | 0.651 |
| No | 18 (13) | 9 (6.5) | 111 (80.4) | |
| Limited physical activity | ||||
| Yes | 11 (14.3) | 4 (5.2) | 62 (80.5) | 0.914 |
| No | 45 (15.4) | 18 (6.2) | 229 (78.4) | |
| High fat-diet intake | ||||
| Yes | 21 (13.4) | 11 (7.0) | 125 (79.6) | 0.610 |
| No | 35 (16.5) | 11 (5.2) | 166 (78.3) | |
| Artificial feeding | ||||
| Yes | 47 (15.3) | 17 (5.5) | 244 (79.2) | 0.748 |
| No | 9 (14.8) | 5 (8.2) | 47 (77.0) | |
| Low birth weight | ||||
| Yes | 11 (13.9) | 5 (6.3) | 63 (79.7) | 0.971 |
| No | 45 (15.5) | 17 (5.9) | 228 (78.6) | |
| Maternal smoking | ||||
| Yes | 2 (15.4) | 0.0 (0.0) | 11 (84.6) | 0.707 |
| No | 54 (15.2) | 22 (6.2) | 280 (78.7) | |
*Significant (P<0.05). BP=Blood pressure, BMI=Body mass index