Table 3.

Descriptive analysis of the studied population according to weight categories and blood pressure categories.

Weight category	Girls	MV ± SD (kg)	Boys	MV ± SD (kg)	Total	MV ± SD (kg)
Underweight (<10th percentile)	5	21.82 ± 4.12	3	24.40 ± 5.24	8 (10.5%)	22.79 ± 4.40
Normal weight (10th– ≤ 90th percentile)	19	29.39 ± 6.31	37	29.12 ± 4.60	56 (73.7%)	29.21 ± 5.19
Overweight (90th– ≤ 97th percentile)	4	34.98 ± 9.33	4	34.30 ± 6.35	8 (10.5%)	34.64 ± 7.39
Obese (>97th percentile)	0	–	4	37.48± 5.58	4 (5.3%)	37.48± 5.58
Blood pressure category	Girls	MV ± SD	Boys	MV ± SD	Total	MV ± SD
Normotensive(<90th percentile)	13		18		31 (40.8%)
BP sys SDS (z)-score <1.282 or		−1.52 ± 5.82		−0.20 ± 1.81		−0.76 ± 3.98
BP dia SDS (z)-score <1.282		−0.25 ± 0.72		−0.11 ± 0.98		−0.17 ± 0.87
High normotensive (90th−95th percentile)	3		7		10 (13.1%)
BP sys SDS (z)-score ≥ 1.282, <1.645 or		1.58 ± 0.06		1.22 ± 0.39		1.33 ± 0.36
BP dia SDS (z)-score ≥ 1.282, <1.645		0.05 ± 1.14		0.28 ± 1.09		0.21 ± 1.05
Hypertensive (>95th percentile)	12		23		35 (46.1%)
BP sys SDS (z)-score ≥1.645 or		2.36 ± 1.02		2.19 ± 0.48		2.25 ± 0.70
BP dia SDS (z)-score ≥1.645		1.03 ± 1.18		1.45 ± 0.87		1.31 ± 0.99