Comparison of China Reference with Different National and International References: The Prevalence of High Blood Pressure in 695,302 Children and Adolescents in a Metropolis of Yangtze River Delta, China

Table 3

Prevalence of high blood pressure (%) in the study population based on the 4 reference systems stratified by height.

	<25^th percentile	25^th to <75^th percentile	≥75^th percentile	value	<5^th percentile	≥95^th percentile
U.S.	24.0	25.7	26.9	<0.001	20.7	29.3
International	17.7	19.3	21.4	<0.001	14.5	23.2
Europe	19.1	19.4	19.8	<0.001	16.1	22.0
China	20.6	19.9	18.0	<0.001	21.0	16.8