Thus, with the chart, blood pressures are plotted against height to obtain BP percentiles. 1 These values were used in conjunction with data from the 2000 CDC stature-for-age charts to develop various percentile lines for systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) based on height alone in boys and girls 3 to 20 years old. In the report, 476 separate BP threshold values for various age, gender, and height groups are presented. To construct the BP charts, the researchers used threshold values from the 2004 Fourth Report on pediatric hypertension.
Researchers from the University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston/Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital conducted a study to develop and validate a simplified blood pressure (BP) percentile graph, resembling a growth chart, based on height and gender.
