Korean Circ J.  2012 Dec;42(12):809-815. 10.4070/kcj.2012.42.12.809.

Auscultatory Measured Normative Blood Pressure of Korean Adolescents: Using the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2007

• Kim HS
• Park MJ
• Oh MK
• Hong YM

• KMID: 1491096
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2012.42.12.809

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
In Korea, there hasn't been any previous literature that describes auscultatory blood pressure (BP) normative tables for adolescents. Using BP data, from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), we created normative auscultatory BP percentile tables for Korean adolescents.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS
A total of 3508 adolescents (boys 1852, girls 1656), aged 10-17 in 2001, 2005 and 2007 from the KNHANES database years, were included. Auscultatory BP measurement was performed, using a Baumanometer Mercury Gravity Sphygmomanometer.
RESULTS
The mean systolic BP of boys was higher than that of girls in adolescents older than 13 years of age, and the mean diastolic BP of boys was higher than that of girls in those older than 15 years. Systolic and diastolic BP was correlated with weight, height and age. Age-specific normative auscultatory systolic and diastolic BP percentiles for boys and girls were completed. The graph that showed age-specific prehypertensive and hypertensive systolic and diastolic BP for boys and girls was presented. For adolescents, the height-specific auscultatory BP percentiles for boys and girls were completed. A graph that shows the height-specific prehypertensive and hypertensive BP for boys and girls was also made.
CONCLUSION
The auscultatory age-and height-specific BP percentiles for Korean adolescents are established. These can be useful in screening the prehypertension and hypertension of Korean adolescents in a clinical setting.

Keyword

Blood pressure; Adolescent; Auscultation

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Aged
Auscultation
Blood Pressure
Gravitation
Humans
Hypertension
Korea
Mass Screening
Nutrition Surveys
Prehypertension

Figure

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  Fig. 1 The 90th and 95th percentile of systolic and diastolic pressures, according to age for boys (A) and girls (B). SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure.

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  Fig. 2 The 90th and 95th percentile of systolic and diastolic blood pressures, according to height for boys (A) and girls (B). SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure.

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