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Table 3 Age-height-specific thresholds: 50th, 90th and 95th percentiles of SBP and DBP values for girls aged 3–17 years

From: Oscillometric blood pressure by age and height for non overweight children and adolescents in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo

Age, year

Height, cm

Height percentile

SBP, mmHg

DBP, mmHg

S *

50th percentile (median)

90th percentile

95th percentile

S *

50th percentile (median)

90th percentile

95th percentile

3

88

5th

0.0994

93

106

109

0.1313

60

70

73

92

25th

0.0996

94

107

110

0.1313

60

70

74

99

50th

0.0998

95

108

112

0.1313

60

71

74

103

75th

0.1000

96

109

113

0.1313

60

71

74

109

95th

0.1002

97

110

114

0.1313

61

71

75

4

95

5th

0.0984

95

108

111

0.1298

60

71

74

98

25th

0.0985

96

108

112

0.1298

61

71

74

102

50th

0.0987

97

109

113

0.1298

61

71

74

108

75th

0.0989

98

111

114

0.1298

61

72

75

121

95th

0.0993

100

113

117

0.1298

62

72

76

5

98

5th

0.0973

96

109

113

0.1283

61

71

74

105

25th

0.0975

98

110

114

0.1283

61

72

75

110

50th

0.0977

98

111

115

0.1283

61

72

75

115

75th

0.0979

99

113

117

0.1283

62

72

75

122

95th

0.0981

101

114

118

0.1283

62

73

76

6

105

5th

0.0963

98

111

115

0.1269

62

72

75

113

25th

0.0966

100

113

117

0.1269

62

72

76

117

50th

0.0967

100

114

118

0.1269

62

73

76

123

75th

0.0969

101

115

119

0.1269

62

73

76

131

95th

0.0972

103

117

121

0.1269

63

73

77

7

110

5th

0.0953

100

113

116

0.1254

62

73

76

118

25th

0.0955

101

114

118

0.1254

62

73

76

123

50th

0.0957

102

116

120

0.1254

63

73

76

128

75th

0.0959

103

116

121

0.1254

63

73

77

134

95th

0.0961

104

118

122

0.1254

63

74

77

8

117

5th

0.0943

102

115

118

0.1240

63

73

76

123

25th

0.0945

103

116

120

0.1240

63

74

77

128

50th

0.0947

104

117

121

0.1240

63

74

77

133

75th

0.0948

104

118

122

0.1240

63

74

77

142

95th

0.0952

106

120

124

0.1240

64

75

78

9

121

5th

0.0932

103

116

120

0.1226

63

74

77

129

25th

0.0935

104

118

122

0.1226

64

74

77

133

50th

0.0937

105

119

123

0.1226

64

74

77

138

75th

0.0938

106

120

124

0.1226

64

75

78

149

95th

0.0942

108

122

127

0.1226

65

75

78

10

126

5th

0.0922

104

118

122

0.1212

64

74

77

133

25th

0.0925

106

119

123

0.1212

64

75

78

137

50th

0.0926

107

120

124

0.1212

64

75

78

143

75th

0.0928

108

121

126

0.1212

65

75

78

152

95th

0.0931

109

123

128

0.1212

65

76

79

11

127

5th

0.0911

105

118

122

0.1198

64

75

78

138

25th

0.0915

107

121

125

0.1198

65

75

78

145

50th

0.0917

108

122

127

0.1198

65

76

79

150

75th

0.0919

110

123

128

0.1198

65

76

79

157

95th

0.0921

111

125

130

0.1198

66

76

79

12

132

5th

0.0901

107

120

124

0.1184

65

75

78

142

25th

0.0905

109

122

126

0.1184

65

76

79

149

50th

0.0907

110

124

128

0.1184

66

76

79

154

75th

0.0908

111

125

129

0.1184

66

76

79

161

95th

0.0911

112

126

131

0.1184

66

77

80

13

139

5th

0.0892

109

122

126

0.1171

65

76

79

148

25th

0.0895

110

124

128

0.1171

66

76

79

154

50th

0.0897

111

125

130

0.1171

66

77

80

159

75th

0.0899

112

126

131

0.1171

66

77

80

166

95th

0.0901

114

128

133

0.1171

67

77

80

14

143

5th

0.0882

110

123

128

0.1157

66

76

79

153

25th

0.0885

112

125

130

0.1157

66

77

80

157

50th

0.0887

113

126

131

0.1157

67

77

80

162

75th

0.0888

113

128

132

0.1157

67

77

80

168

95th

0.0890

115

129

134

0.1157

67

78

81

15

147

5th

0.0872

111

125

129

0.1144

67

77

80

154

25th

0.0874

113

126

131

0.1144

67

77

80

159

50th

0.0876

113

127

132

0.1144

67

77

80

164

75th

0.0878

114

128

133

0.1144

67

78

81

171

95th

0.0880

116

130

135

0.1144

68

78

81

16

148

5th

0.0862

112

125

130

0.1131

67

77

80

156

25th

0.0864

114

127

131

0.1131

67

77

80

161

50th

0.0865

114

128

133

0.1131

68

78

81

164

75th

0.0867

115

129

133

0.1131

68

78

81

174

95th

0.0870

117

131

136

0.1131

68

78

81

17

150

5th

0.0851

113

126

131

0.1118

67

77

80

156

25th

0.0853

114

128

132

0.1118

68

78

81

162

50th

0.0855

115

129

133

0.1118

68

78

81

166

75th

0.0856

116

130

134

0.1118

68

78

81

173

95th

0.0858

117

131

136

0.1118

68

79

82

  1. SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure
  2. S *, coefficient of variation of blood pressure