Clinical Study

Cardiac Auscultatory Skills of Academic Family Physicians: Strength of Association with an Academic Pediatric Cardiologist

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of 715 children.

FeaturesDemographics

Age (mean SD)10.4 ± 2.5 years
Girls ( %)355 (49.7%)
Boys ( %)360 (50.3%)
Height percentile (mean ± SD)48.1 ± 28.5%
Weight percentile (mean ± SD)42.6 ± 27.7%
BMI (mean ± SD)17.4 ± 3.1 kg/m²
Pulse rate (mean ± SD)94.3 ± 14.4/minute
Systolic blood pressure (mean  ±  SD)112.5 ± 11.8 mmHg

Diastolic blood pressure (mean  ±  SD)73.2 ± 7.4 mmHg