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Table 5 Modified simple BP classification in children and adolescents

From: The compatibility of new blood pressure reference values for Korean children and adolescents with the US reference: the Korean Working Group of Pediatric Hypertension

Category

1–17 years

≥18 years

SBP and/or DBP percentile

(SBP – 2 × age) and/or (DBP – 1.5 × age) (mmHg)

SBP and/or DBP (mmHg)

Normal

<90th

<95 / <55

<130 / <85

Prehypertension

≥ 90th to < 95th

95–99 / 55–59

130–139 / 85–89

Stage 1 hypertension

≥95th to <99th + 5 mmHg

100–114 / 60–69

140–159 / 90–99

Stage 2 hypertension

≥99th + 5 mmHg

≥115 / ≥70

≥160 / ≥100

  1. BP, blood pressure; SBP, systolic BP; DBP, diastolic BP
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