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Table 3 Areas under the ROC curves of SBPHR and DBPHR for diagnosing (pre)hypertension defined by age, gender and height-specific references

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

  

AUC

P

95% C.I.

Prehypertension

SBP

Boys

0.944

<0.001

0.925 - 0.962

 

Girls

0.925

<0.001

0.900 - 0.949

DBP

Boys

0.989

<0.001

0.981 - 0.997

 

Girls

0.987

<0.001

0.979 - 0.996

Hypertension

SBP

Boys

0.989

<0.001

0.979 - 0.999

 

Girls

0.990

<0.001

0.982 - 0.998

DBP

Boys

1.000

0.001

1.000 - 1.000

 

Girls

0.998

<0.001

0.996 - 1.000