Preliminary Blood Pressure Screening in a Representative Sample of Extremely Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents
Table 3
Mean age, BMI, and incidence of elevated BP among obese Kuwaiti adolescents, by sex and different adolescence stages.
Sex
Age (year)
N
BMI (kg/m2)
Systolic BP (mm Hg)
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)
MAP (mm Hg)
Elevated BP N (%)
Males
11–13
48
33.8 (3.9)
124.4 (13.2)
76.0 (12.7)
92.2 (12.0)
25 (52%)
14–16
38
35.2 (4.8)
132.7 (12.2)
78.1 (9.3)
96.3 (9.4)
23 (61%)
17–19
42
35.1 (4.5)
142.9 (12.8)
91.8 (12.8)
108.8 (11.6)
35 (83%)
All
128
34.6 (4.4)
132.9 (14.8)
81.8 (13.7)
98.8 (13.2)
83 (64%)
Females
11–13
20
32.2 (3.4)
125.6 (10.8)
74.9 (12.4)
91.7 (11.5)
14 (70%)
14–16
29
35.4 (6.1)
125.8 (13.6)*
78.0 (9.9)
93.8 (9.0)
18 (62%)
17–19
32
34.3 (5.0)
133.4 (15.3)**
85.5 (16.0)
101.5 (14.9)*
18 (56%)
All
81
34.2 (5.2)
128.8 (14.1)*
80.1 (14.1)
96.3 (12.8)
50 (60%)
Both
Total
209
34.47 (4.7)
131.6 (14.7)
81.3 (13.8)
97.9 (13.1)
133 (63%)
BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; MAP: mean arterial blood pressure. Values are means (SD). Elevated BP: defined as systolic and/or diastolic pressures >95th percentile for age. Difference between male and female; *significance at ; **significance at .
