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Table 2 Correlations between blood pressure to height ratios and other relevant variables in the studied adolescent population

From: Blood pressure to height ratios as simple, sensitive and specific diagnostic tools for adolescent (pre)hypertension in Nigeria

  

Age

Height

Weight

BMI

SBP

DBP

SBPHR

r(p)

+0.052 (0.073)

-0.015 (<0.001)

+0.060 (0.040)

+0.199 (<0.001)

+0.916 (<0.001)

+0.468 (<0.001)

DBPHR

r(p)

+0.002 (0.939)

-0.183 (<0.001)

-0.013 (0.660)

+0.140 (<0.001)

+0.422 (<0.001)

+0.957 (<0.001)

SBP

r(p)

+0.260 (<0.001)

+0.249 (<0.001)

+0.275 (<0.001)

+0.142 (<0.001)

-

+0.498 (<0.001)

DBP

r(p)

+0.111 (<0.001)

+0.100 (0.001)

+0.139 (<0.001)

+0.099 (0.001)

+0.498 (<0.001)

-