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 4

Consistency analysis for identifying high blood pressure based on China and the other 3 reference systems.

		China
		Males			Females			Total
		+	−	value	+	−	value	+	−	value
U.S.	+	69,439 (98.8%)	32,179 (10.6%)		61,778 (97.6%)	17,415 (6.8%)		131,217 (98.2%)	49,594 (8.8%)
	−	857 (1.2%)	272,156 (89.4%)	<0.001	1493 (2.4%)	239,985 (93.2%)	<0.001	2350 (1.8%)	512,141 (91.2%)	<0.001
International	+	55,312 (78.7%)	26,329 (8.7%)		47,080 (74.4%)	10,308 (4.0%)		102,392 (76.7%)	36,637 (6.5%)
	−	14,984 (21.3%)	278,006 (91.3%)	<0.001	16,191 (25.6%)	247,092 (96.0%)	<0.001	31,175 (23.3%)	525,098 (93.5%)	<0.001
Europe	+	66,019 (93.9%)	9199 (3.0%)		56,977 (90.1%)	3434 (1.3%)		122,996 (92.1%)	12,633 (2.2%)
	−	4277 (6.1%)	295,136 (97.0%)	<0.001	6294 (9.9%)	253,966 (98.7%)	<0.001	10,571 (7.9%)	549,102 (97.8%)	<0.001