Research Article

High Rate of Obesity-Associated Hypertension among Primary Schoolchildren in Sudan

Table 3

Blood pressure classification according to BMI category.

Normal BPSystolic Pre-HTDiastolic Pre-HTSystolic HTDiastolic HT

BMI
 Normal215 (94.7)4 (1.8)5 (2.2)3 (1.3)0 (0.0)
 Overweight37 (82.2)1 (2.2)2 (4.4)1 (2.2)4 (8.9)

Obese22 (69.0)2 (6.3)1 (3.1)3 (9.4)4 (12.5)