American Academy of Pediatrics

TABLE 24

Mean Diastolic Blood Pressure (n = 51)

First Author	Country	Ages (y)	N	Units	Subgroup (eg, M/F)	Total	Healthy	Overweight	Class I	Class II	Class III	P	Notes	Weight Definitions	Population Info
Avnieli Velfer	Israel	2–18	1027	mm Hg	Males				66.5	70		.003		OB 95th, SO 120%/95th	Obesity clinic patients
					Females				67.5	67.5		.31		OB 95th, SO 120%/95th	Obesity clinic patients
Hadjiyannakis	Canada	5–17	847	mm Hg		70			69	70	72	NR			Pediatric weight management program patients
Kim	Korea	12–13	120	mm Hg			60	60				.039			School based
Kloppenberg	Denmark	Median 12	3978	z-score	Males		0.09	0.21	0.54			<.001	P value includes differences by sex	HW: <90th, OW: 90th–99th, OB: >99th	Weight management clinic + population-based
					Females		0.40	0.5	0.78			<.001	P value includes differences by sex	HW: <90th, OW: 90th–99th, OB: >99th	Weight management clinic + population-based
Sougawa	Japan	12–18	1679	mm Hg	Males	60.5	59.7	64.3				<.001			Schools
					Females	60.8	60.3	65.4				<.001			Schools
Stolzman	USA	12–17	62	mm Hg			71.9		74.1			NS			Community recruitment
Tsao-Wu	USA	2–5	154						69.5	70.1	71.1	NR			Weight management clinic patients
		6–11	880						51.3	56.1	60.9	NR			Weight management clinic patients
		12–17	1004						55.6	56.8	62.9	NR			Weight management clinic patients

First Author	Country	Ages (y)	N	Units	Subgroup (eg, M/F)	Total	Healthy	Overweight	Class I	Class II	Class III	P	Notes	Weight Definitions	Population Info
Avnieli Velfer	Israel	2–18	1027	mm Hg	Males				66.5	70		.003		OB 95th, SO 120%/95th	Obesity clinic patients
					Females				67.5	67.5		.31		OB 95th, SO 120%/95th	Obesity clinic patients
Hadjiyannakis	Canada	5–17	847	mm Hg		70			69	70	72	NR			Pediatric weight management program patients
Kim	Korea	12–13	120	mm Hg			60	60				.039			School based
Kloppenberg	Denmark	Median 12	3978	z-score	Males		0.09	0.21	0.54			<.001	P value includes differences by sex	HW: <90th, OW: 90th–99th, OB: >99th	Weight management clinic + population-based
					Females		0.40	0.5	0.78			<.001	P value includes differences by sex	HW: <90th, OW: 90th–99th, OB: >99th	Weight management clinic + population-based
Sougawa	Japan	12–18	1679	mm Hg	Males	60.5	59.7	64.3				<.001			Schools
					Females	60.8	60.3	65.4				<.001			Schools
Stolzman	USA	12–17	62	mm Hg			71.9		74.1			NS			Community recruitment
Tsao-Wu	USA	2–5	154						69.5	70.1	71.1	NR			Weight management clinic patients
		6–11	880						51.3	56.1	60.9	NR			Weight management clinic patients
		12–17	1004						55.6	56.8	62.9	NR			Weight management clinic patients

HW, healthy weight; NR, not reported NS, not significant; OB, obese; SO, severe obesity.