Preliminary Blood Pressure Screening in a Representative Sample of Extremely Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents

Table 1

Classification of hypertension in adolescents.

Blood pressure classification	Adolescents younger than 18 y	Adolescents 18 y and older
Normal	SBP and DBP <90th%	SBP <120 mm Hg and DBP <80 mm Hg
Prehypertension	SBP or DBP 90th–95th%; or if BP is >120/80 mm Hg even if <90th%	SBP 120–139 mm Hg or DBP 80–89 mm Hg
Stage 1 hypertension	SBP or DBP ≥95th–99th% plus 5 mm Hg	SBP 140–159 mm Hg or DBP 90–99 mm Hg
Stage 2 hypertension	SBP or DBP >99th% plus 5 mm Hg	SBP ≥160 mm Hg or DBP ≥100 mm Hg

DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure. Adapted with permission [20, 24].