title: Oscillometric Blood Pressure in Indian School Children: Simplified Percentile Tables and Charts.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Data on blood pressure recorded by oscillometric method is limited.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop simplified tables and charts of blood pressure recorded by oscillometric method in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ballabhgarh, Haryana.
  
  
  METHODS
  Healthy school-children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Blood pressure measured by oscillometric method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study group included 7,761 children (58.4% males) with mean (SD) age of 10.5 (2.8) years. Age and gender were used to create simplified percentile tables and charts, as height was seen to explain very little variability of either systolic or diastolic blood pressure. Formulae for SBP and DBP thresholds for hypertension were derived as [110 + 1.6 x age] and [79 + 0.7 x age], respectively, with 1 mm Hg to be added for females. 95th percentile values suggest simple levels indicating hypertension to be 120/80, 125/85 and 135/90 at ages of 5, 10 and 15 years, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Simplified reference tables and charts, formulae for SBP and DBP, and simple convenient thresholds may be useful for rapid screening of hypertension using oscillometric method.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiology, #Biostatistics and *Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Correspondence to: Dr Anita Saxena, Professor, Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India. anitasaxena@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Narang
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bagga
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009991:Oscillometry; D012016:Reference Values