Table 1.
Selected characteristics of the study population (n = 576)
| Age, years | 8.1±0.5 |
| HTN in parents | |
| No | 434 (79.5) |
| Yes | 112 (20.5) |
| Ophthalmic diseases in parents | |
| No | 272 (49.8) |
| Yes | 274 (50.2) |
| Parents' BMI | |
| Low/normal weight | 135 (26.1) |
| Overweight | 269 (51.9) |
| Obese | 114 (22) |
| Chronic diseases in childa | |
| No | 464 (82.6) |
| Yes | 98 (17.4) |
| Ophthalmic diseases in childa | |
| No | 242 (43.9) |
| Yes, already known | 242 (43.9) |
| Yes, not already known | 67 (12.2) |
| Ophthalmic surgery in childa | |
| No | 557 (99.1) |
| Yes | 5 (0.9) |
| Steroid therapy in the last year | |
| No | 301 (53.6) |
| Yes | 261 (46.4) |
| Route of administrationb | |
| Oral | 207 (79.3) |
| Local (cutaneous, conjunctival, aerosol) | 88 (33.7) |
| Intravenous injection | 5 (1.9) |
| Intramuscolar injection | 1 (0.4) |
| SBP, mm Hga | 93.7±7.2 |
| <90th percentile − normal BP | 542 (97.5) |
| 90–94th percentile − elevated BP | 5 (0.9) |
| ≥95th percentile − HTN | 9 (1.6) |
| DBP, mm Hga | 46.4±9.7 |
| <90th percentile − normal BP | 540 (97.1) |
| 90–94th percentile − elevated BP | 2 (0.4) |
| ≥95th percentile − HTN | 14 (2.5) |
| BPa | |
| <90th percentile − normal BP | 536 (96.4) |
| 90–94th percentile − elevated BP | 5 (0.9) |
| ≥95th percentile − HTN | 15 (2.7) |
| BMIa | 18.7±3.7 |
| <85th percentile − low/normal weight | 320 (57.6) |
| 85–94th percentile − overweight | 167(30) |
| ≥95th percentile − obese | 69 (12.4) |
| Ocular HTNa | |
| No | 507 (92) |
| Yes | 44 (8) |
Data are presented as the mean ± SD or n (%).
a
The numbers that do not add to 576 are due to missing data for the variable.
b
Percentages do not add up to 100 due to multiple responses.