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Table 5 Sensitivities and specificities for the optimal thresholds of SBPHR/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

 

Prehypertension

Hypertension

 

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Threshold

0.72/0.46

0.73/0.48

0.75/0.51

0.77/0.50

Sensitivity

0.991

0.969

0.986

0.992

Specificity

1.000

1.000

0.998

1.000