Table 1.

Distribution of mean systolic blood pressure±standard deviation and mean diastolic blood pressure±standard deviation of the study population according to age and sex

Age (years)	SBP (mmHg)				DBP (mmHg)
	Male	Female	t	P	Male	Female	t	P
10	94.10±7.67	99.38±9.78	−2.29	0.00*	58.34±5.77	65.90±8.13	−4.08	0.00*
11	97.29±8.68	96.04±9.39	0.70	0.48	61.12±7.86	60.63±7.26	0.32	0.75
12	95.76±9.81	104.36±10.44	−6.28	0.00*	59.88±6.54	64.31±8.10	−4.45	0.00*
13	97.63±10.26	103.44±9.82	−4.27	0.00*	59.81±5.97	63.76±6.25	−4.78	0.00*
14	102.86±11.00	106.60±9.33	−3.06	0.00*	61.61±7.24	64.69±7.55	−3.47	0.00*
15	106.92±10.76	108.14±8.49	−1.31	0.19	61.94±6.80	65.37±6.86	−5.24	0.00*
16	109.35±10.09	107.80±10.46	1.47	0.14	61.81±6.34	65.84±7.40	−5.70	0.00*
17	113.48±10.40	110.33±10.19	2.71	0.01*	63.80±7.62	66.97±7.51	−3.71	0.00*
18	113.83±10.93	110.16±8.99	2.79	0.01*	63.68±5.70	66.16±6.52	−3.07	0.00*
19	116.91±11.23	109.52±9.91	4.49	0.00*	63.61±8.17	66.58±7.08	−2.50	0.01*

*Statistically significant P values at 0.05 level of significance. SBP: Systolic blood pressure, DBP: Diastolic blood pressure