title: Oscillometric blood pressure percentiles for Polish normal-weight school-aged children and adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to construct blood pressure (BP) references with the use of a validated oscillometric device for normal-weight, school-aged children and adolescents and to study BP predictors.
  
  
  METHODS
  BP was measured in 14 266 randomly selected, normal-weight Polish children and adolescents aged 7-18 years, who were free of chronic disease, using a validated oscillometric device (Datascope Accutor Plus). Height, weight and waist circumference were measured. BP percentiles were constructed for age and height simultaneously with the use of a polynomial regression model. The normative values of BP were compared with the US normal-weight reference, German oscillometric reference, and Polish auscultatory reference.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Reference BP percentiles by sex, age and height are presented. At median height, the age-specific differences in the 90th BP percentiles compared with German oscillometric reference ranged in the case of boys from -3 to 2  mmHg and from -5 to -1  mmHg, SBP and DBP, respectively, and in the case of girls from 0 to 3  mmHg and from -5 to -1  mmHg, SBP and DBP, respectively. As compared to weight, waist circumference was stronger SBP predictor in low birth weight boys.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study provides BP references for oscillmetric device, based on a current, nationally representative sample of normal-weight Polish children and adolescents. The normative values of BP were compared taking into consideration the height and BMI differences, the pubertal spurt, the methods of BP measurement and percentile construction.
authors: Public Health Division, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al, Poland.
authors: Zbigniew
authors: Z
authors: Kułaga
authors: Mieczysław
authors: M
authors: Litwin
authors: Aneta
authors: A
authors: Grajda
authors: Katarzyna
authors: K
authors: Kułaga
authors: Beata
authors: B
authors: Gurzkowska
authors: Magdalena
authors: M
authors: Góźdź
authors: Huiqi
authors: H
authors: Pan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D055815:Young Adult