a significant trendp value < 0.001
There was also a significant trend for higher BMI across BP levels, p value < 0.001.
There was also a significant trend for higher BMI across BP levels, p value < 0.001.
Associated factors for hypertension BMI and weight status There was a highly significant correlation between BP percentiles and BMIz score and between BP and BMI for those younger or older than 16 years ( r = 0.21 and 0.25 for percentiles of diastolic and systolic BP with BMIz score; r = 0.14 and 0.20 for DBP and SBP with BMI, p value = 0.001).