Population
5710 Lebanese schoolchildren aged 5 to 15 years (2918 boys and 2792 girls)
Design
Cross-sectional
Key result
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure in Lebanese children positively correlated with weight, height, age, and body mass index (r=0.648, 0.643, 0.582, and 0.44, respectively; P < 0.001).
Authors
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May inform local pediatric BP screening in Lebanon; extends global references but remains hypothesis-generating without longitudinal validation.
Cross-Sectional (n=5,710)
Yes
p-value: p=<0.001
This study provides the first age-specific reference values and nomograms for blood pressure in Lebanese children aged 5 to 15 years.
Merhi et al. (2011) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy schoolchildren (n=5,710). Anthropometric factors (weight, height, age, BMI) was evaluated on Correlation of systolic and diastolic blood pressure with weight, height, age, and body mass index (p=<0.001). Systolic and diastolic blood pressure in Lebanese children positively correlated with weight, height, age, and body mass index (r=0.648, 0.643, 0.582, and 0.44, respectively; P < 0.001).
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