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Table 1 Demographic, anthropometric and physiological characteristics of the participants: CASPIAN-V study

From: Determinants of childhood blood pressure using structure equation model: the CASPIAN–V study

Characteristics

Categories

Descriptive statistics

Age (Year)b

12.28 ± 3.158

Agea

7–10 (Year)

4843 (33.9%)

11–14(Year)

5600 (39.2%)

15–18(Year)

3843 (26.9%)

Gendera

Boy

7235 (50.7%)

Girl

7041 (49.3%)

Educational levela

Primary

8400 (58.8%)

Secondary

5886 (41.2%)

Body Mass Indexb

26.49 ± 5.079

DBP (mm/Hg) b

63.83 ± 10.435

SBP (mm/Hg)b

99.14 ± 13.10

SES (score)c

5.66 ± 1.710

Waist circumference (cm)b

87.61 ± 14.751

SHC (Score)c

32.14 ± 19.91

HRB (Score) c

11.12 ± 3.19

Area of residencya

Urban

10,200 (71.4%)

Rural

4086 (28.6%)

Family history of chronic diseasesa

No

1757 (12.3%)

Yes

12,529 (87.7%)

  1. a indicated as N (%); b indicated as Mean ± SD; c indicated as median (IQR)
  2. BMI Body mass index, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, SBP Systolic blood pressure, SES Socioeconomic status, WC Waist circumference, SHC Subjective health complaints, HRB Health-related behaviors;