Table 2.

Odds ratio and 95% confidence interval of increased arterial stiffness for percentile‐based cut‐points and static cut‐points in children and adolescents in pooled analysis stratified for sex and age group

	Pooled (n = 2546)	Boys (n = 1460)	Girls (n = 1086)	6‐12 y (n = 1485)	13‐17 y (n = 1061)
Elevated BP
Percentile‐based cut‐points	1.24 (0.84‐1.83)	1.25 (0.77‐2.04)	1.27 (0.66‐2.43)	1.08 (0.62‐1.89)	1.75 (0.98‐3.11)
Static BP cut‐points	1.29 (0.95‐1.75)	1.21 (0.81‐1.83)	1.44 (0.91‐2.27)	1.22 (0.84‐1.78)	1.82 (1.03‐3.20)
Hypertension
Percentile‐based cut‐points	2.35 (1.74‐3.17)	2.33 (1.57‐3.45)	2.47 (1.54‐3.96)	2.07 (1.42‐3.01)	3.52 (2.07‐5.99)
Static BP cut‐points	3.07 (2.20‐4.28)	3.07 (1.99‐4.74)	3.23 (1.90‐5.50)	2.95 (1.91‐4.58)	4.10 (2.36‐7.11)

Adjusted for sex, age, race/ethnicity, and BMI.