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Table 4 Optimal thresholds of SBPHR and DBPHR for diagnosing (pre)hypertension in the studied adolescent population

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

 

SBP

DBP

 

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Prehypertension

Threshold

0.72

0.73

0.46

0.48

Sensitivity

0.933

0.901

1.000

1.000

Specificity

0.839

0.828

0.970

0.949

Hypertension

Threshold

0.75

0.77

0.51

0.50

Sensitivity

0.982

0.986

1.000

1.000

Specificity

0.956

0.963

0.998

0.991