Table 2.

Mean SBP, DBP and PP according to height quartiles by sex, Bangladesh demographic health survey, 2011.

Blood pressure	Height quartile				P for trend
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Male
SBP	115.23 ± 19.72	113.51 ± 16.94	114.30 ± 15.52	113.14 ± 15.92	0.970
DBP	74.60 ± 11.31	74.97 ± 10.95	76.48 ± 10.44μ	76.14 ± 11.24μ	<0.001
MBP	88.14 ± 13.16	87.81 ± 12.05	89.09 ± 11.33	88.47 ± 12.02	0.017
PP	40.62 ± 13.67	38.53 ± 11.67μ	38.82 ± 10.52μ	37.00 ± 10.40μ	<0.001
Female
SBP	122.57 ± 23.75	118.06 ± 19.42μ	115.94 ± 19.38μ	116.50 ± 18.30μ	<0.001
DBP	78.23 ± 11.77	78.52 ± 10.70	77.47 ± 11.15	79.11 ± 10.71	0.269
MBP	93.01 ± 14.65	91.69 ± 12.66	90.29 ± 12.98 μ	91.57 ± 12.46	0.009
PP	44.34 ± 17.20	39.54 ± 13.70μ	38.47 ± 13.33 μ	37.39 ± 12.16 μ	<0.001

^μP < 0.05 for the comparison with shortest quartile of height, by using Games-Howell test for post hoc analysis.

Abbreviation: Q, Quartile; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PP, pulse pressure.