Associated Factors and Standard Percentiles of Blood Pressure among the Adolescents of Jahrom City of Iran, 2014

Table 1

Average of systolic and diastolic blood pressure among Jahrom high school students in terms of demographic and anthropometric factors.

Characteristics		Blood pressure		value
Gender	Male	SBP		<0.001
	Female
	Total
	Male	DBP		<0.001
	Female
	Total
Body mass index	<18.5	SBP		<0.001
	18.5–25
	25–30
	>30
	<18.5	DBP		<0.001
	18.5–25
	25–30
	>30
Father’s education level	Illiterate	SBP		0.01
	Under diploma
	Diploma
	University
	Illiterate	DBP		0.77
	Under diploma
	Diploma
	University
Mother’s education level	Illiterate	SBP		0.001
	Under diploma
	Diploma
	University
	Illiterate	DBP		0.05
	Under diploma
	Diploma
	University
Regular physical exercise	Without physical activity	SBP		0.74
	With physical activity
	Without physical activity	DBP		0.40
	With physical activity
Participants’ education level	The first year of high school	SBP		0.50
	The second year of high school
	The third year of high school
	Per university
	The first year of high school	DBP		0.02
	The second year of high school
	The third year of high school
	Per university

Systolic blood pressure; diastolic blood pressure; data are mean ± SD.