Age- and Gender-Specific Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in 2228 First Graders: The PEP Family Heart Study

Table 2

Comparison of blood pressure recommendations from IDF [2] for 10–<16 year-old children and for 6-year-old children at the 95th percentile from the Fourth Report [11], KIGGS [12] and PEP [7].

	Boys	Girls
	SBP/DBP	SBP/DBP
IDF 10–<16 years	130/85 mm Hg	130/85 mm Hg
6-year-old 95th percentile
PEP [7]	115/79 mm Hg	115/79 mm Hg
4th report [11]	114/74 mm Hg	111/74 mm Hg
KIGGS [12]	111/71 mm Hg	112/72 mm Hg
Mean	113/75 mm Hg	113/75 mm Hg