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![]() ![]() In addition, several studies show that overweight and obesity are associated with higher levels of blood pressure and subsequently higher prevalence of hypertension (Robinson et al., 2004 McGavock et al., 2007 Hosseini et al., 2010). However, the distribution of BP values vary based on ethnicities and races, thus standard values derived from a specific population might not be applicable to others consequently, local reference data could be a better choice to evaluate the BP measurements properly (Goonasekera and Dillon. To interpret measurements precisely, they should be compared to the standard blood pressure (BP) nomograms. Because early detection of hypertension can help control its various complications, blood pressure measurement is now regarded as an important part of routine physical examination (Somu et al., 2003). Therefore, hypertension in adults and children has drawn attention of many researchers and controlling it has become as a worldwide priority among health policies. In addition, most obese or overweight adults are hypertensive.Ī great deal of the worldwide burden of disease is attributed to high blood pressure, including about 13.5 % of the premature deaths and 6 % of the total global Disability Adjusted Life years (DALYs) (Lawes et al., 2008). The findings of present study show that BP percentiles are steadily increased by age and BMI. Overweight and obese population, seem to fall into the category of hypertensive. SBP and DBP rose steadily with increasing age, but the rise in SBP was greater than DBP. Blood pressure increased with the rise in BMI and weight, but showed a negative correlation with height. Four separate models for systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of men and women were constructed for BP percentiles according to age and BMI. ![]() Linear Regression analysis was used to assess the adjusted relationship of age-sex-specific standard deviation scores of BMI, height, and weight with blood pressure. Data on demographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, and blood pressure was recorded for each subject. Analyses were based on data collected in 2011 from 8,425 adults aged 25 to 69 years old. Since no comprehensive study has been conducted on blood pressure (BP) percentiles established upon nationally representative sample population of adults, the present study aimed to construct the blood pressure percentiles by age, sex and body mass index (BMI) of the subjects. ![]()
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