Table 6.

Blood pressure (BP) of undernourished, recovered and control children. Mean values for systolic and diastolic BP, and numbers referring to the 90th and 95th percentiles ^a

Blood pressure	Undernourished n = 91	Recovered n = 20	Controls n = 61
Systolic BP b (mmHg)	98.7 ± 1.0	99.4 ± 2.2	96.4 ± 1.2
Diastolic BP b (mmHg)	65.2 ± 0.6†	66.5 ± 1.5†	61.8 ± 0.8
Systolic BP
>P90 and ≤ P95	11(12)†	3 (15)*	0 (0)
>P95	6 (7)	1 (5)	0 (0)
Diastolic BP
>P90 and ≤ P95	29 (32)†, §	1 (5)	12 (20)
>P95	22 (24)†	3 (15)*	1 (2)
Systolic or diastolic BP
>P90 and ≤ P95	38 (42)†, ‡ , c	3 (15) d	12 (20)
>P95	26 (29)† , c	4 (20)*	1 (2)

P90, 90th percentile; P95, 95th percentile; ^aValues are expressed as mean ± SE, or number (%); ^bAdjusted for age, sex, race, birthweight, current weight and height; ^cTwo individuals had increased values of both systolic and diastolic BP; ^dOne individual had increased values of both systolic and diastolic BP.

^* P < 0.05,

^† P < 0.01 versus control;

^‡ P < 0.05,

^§ P < 0.01 versus recovered.

Taken from Sesso et al. (2004).