Table 2 Percentiles of systolic BP (mm Hg) in non-overweight children calculated with GAMLSS

From: Blood pressure reference values for European non-overweight school children: The IDEFICS study

Age (years)

Ht (cm)

Percentiles for girls

Age (years)

Ht (cm)

Percentiles for boys

  

1

3

10

25

50

75

90

97

99

  

1

3

10

25

50

75

90

97

99

2–<3 (n=200)

85

76.1

78.6

82.1

86.0

90.7

96.0

101.5

108.0

113.7

2–<3 (n=224)

85

74.5

77.7

81.9

86.0

90.6

95.6

100.5

106.0

110.8

 

87

76.6

79.1

82.7

86.6

91.3

96.6

102.2

108.7

114.4

 

88

75.2

78.4

82.6

86.8

91.5

96.5

101.4

107.0

111.8

 

89

77.1

79.6

83.2

87.1

91.9

97.3

102.9

109.4

115.2

 

91

75.9

79.2

83.4

87.6

92.3

97.4

102.4

108.0

112.9

 

92

77.8

80.4

84.0

88.0

92.8

98.2

103.9

110.5

116.3

 

93

76.3

79.6

83.9

88.1

92.9

98.0

103.0

108.7

113.6

 

94

78.3

80.9

84.6

88.5

93.4

98.8

104.5

111.2

117.0

 

96

77.0

80.4

84.7

88.9

93.8

98.9

103.9

109.7

114.6

 

97

79.1

81.7

85.4

89.4

94.2

99.8

105.5

112.2

118.1

 

98

77.5

80.9

85.2

89.5

94.3

99.5

104.6

110.3

115.3

 

100

79.8

82.4

86.2

90.2

95.1

100.7

106.5

113.3

119.2

 

101

78.2

81.6

85.9

90.3

95.2

100.4

105.5

111.3

116.3

3–<4 (n=960)

92

77.3

80.0

83.7

87.7

92.5

97.9

103.4

109.7

115.2

3–<4 (n=1016)

92

76.0

79.3

83.6

87.8

92.5

97.6

102.6

108.2

113.1

 

95

78.0

80.7

84.5

88.5

93.4

98.8

104.4

110.8

116.3

 

95

76.7

80.0

84.3

88.6

93.4

98.5

103.5

109.2

114.1

 

97

78.5

81.2

85.0

89.1

94.0

99.4

105.0

111.5

117.0

 

98

77.4

80.8

85.1

89.4

94.2

99.4

104.5

110.2

115.2

 

100

79.3

82.0

85.8

89.9

94.9

100.4

106.0

112.5

118.1

 

101

78.1

81.5

85.8

90.2

95.1

100.3

105.4

111.2

116.2

 

102

79.8

82.5

86.4

90.5

95.4

101.0

106.7

113.2

118.8

 

103

78.6

82.0

86.4

90.7

95.6

100.9

106.0

111.9

116.9

 

105

80.5

83.3

87.2

91.3

96.3

101.9

107.7

114.3

119.9

 

106

79.3

82.7

87.1

91.5

96.5

101.7

107.0

112.9

117.9

 

108

81.3

84.1

88.0

92.2

97.2

102.9

108.7

115.3

121.1

 

109

80.0

83.4

87.9

92.3

97.3

102.6

107.9

113.9

119.0

4–<5 (n=1196)

98

78.2

81.0

84.9

89.1

94.0

99.4

104.9

111.1

116.3

4–<5 (n=1290)

99

77.6

80.9

85.2

89.5

94.4

99.6

104.7

110.4

115.4

 

101

79.0

81.8

85.7

89.9

94.9

100.4

105.9

112.1

117.4

 

102

78.3

81.7

86.0

90.4

95.3

100.4

105.6

111.4

116.4

 

104

79.7

82.6

86.5

90.7

95.8

101.3

106.9

113.2

118.5

 

105

79.0

82.4

86.8

91.2

96.1

101.3

106.6

112.4

117.5

 

107

80.5

83.3

87.3

91.6

96.6

102.2

107.9

114.2

119.6

 

108

79.7

83.1

87.5

92.0

96.9

102.2

107.5

113.4

118.5

 

110

81.2

84.1

88.1

92.4

97.5

103.2

108.9

115.3

120.7

 

111

80.4

83.8

88.3

92.8

97.8

103.1

108.4

114.4

119.5

 

113

81.9

84.9

88.9

93.3

98.4

104.1

109.9

116.3

121.8

 

114

81.1

84.6

89.1

93.6

98.6

104.0

109.4

115.4

120.6

 

116

82.7

85.6

89.7

94.1

99.3

105.0

110.8

117.4

122.9

 

117

81.8

85.3

89.8

94.4

99.5

104.9

110.3

116.4

121.6

5–<6 (n=1002)

104

79.2

82.1

86.2

90.4

95.5

101.0

106.4

112.4

117.5

5–<6 (n=1121)

105

78.9

82.3

86.7

91.1

96.0

101.2

106.4

112.3

117.4

 

108

80.2

83.1

87.2

91.6

96.7

102.2

107.7

113.8

119.0

 

108

79.6

83.0

87.5

91.9

96.8

102.1

107.4

113.3

118.4

 

111

80.9

83.9

88.0

92.4

97.6

103.1

108.7

114.9

120.0

 

111

80.3

83.7

88.2

92.7

97.7

103.0

108.3

114.3

119.4

 

114

81.6

84.7

88.8

93.2

98.4

104.1

109.7

115.9

121.1

 

115

81.2

84.7

89.2

93.7

98.8

104.2

109.6

115.6

120.8

 

117

82.4

85.4

89.6

94.1

99.3

105.0

110.7

117.0

122.2

 

118

81.9

85.4

90.0

94.5

99.7

105.1

110.5

116.6

121.8

 

120

83.1

86.2

90.4

94.9

100.2

106.0

111.7

118.0

123.3

 

121

82.6

86.2

90.8

95.4

100.5

106.0

111.5

117.6

122.9

 

123

83.8

87.0

91.2

95.8

101.1

106.9

112.7

119.1

124.4

 

125

83.5

87.1

91.8

96.4

101.7

107.2

112.7

118.9

124.3

6–<7 (n=1398)

110

80.1

83.2

87.4

91.8

97.0

102.5

107.9

113.8

118.7

6–<7 (n=1390)

111

80.2

83.7

88.1

92.6

97.6

102.9

108.2

114.2

119.3

 

113

80.8

83.9

88.2

92.7

97.9

103.4

108.9

114.9

119.8

 

115

81.1

84.6

89.2

93.7

98.7

104.1

109.5

115.5

120.7

 

117

81.8

85.0

89.3

93.8

99.1

104.7

110.2

116.3

121.2

 

118

81.8

85.4

89.9

94.5

99.6

105.0

110.4

116.5

121.7

 

120

82.5

85.7

90.1

94.6

99.9

105.6

111.2

117.3

122.3

 

121

82.5

86.1

90.7

95.3

100.4

105.9

111.3

117.5

122.8

 

123

83.3

86.5

90.9

95.5

100.8

106.6

112.2

118.4

123.4

 

125

83.5

87.1

91.7

96.3

101.6

107.1

112.6

118.8

124.1

 

127

84.2

87.5

91.9

96.6

102.0

107.8

113.5

119.7

124.9

 

128

84.2

87.8

92.5

97.1

102.4

108.0

113.5

119.8

125.2

 

130

85.0

88.3

92.7

97.4

102.9

108.8

114.5

120.8

126.0

 

132

85.1

88.7

93.5

98.2

103.5

109.2

114.8

121.1

126.6

7–<8 (n=1945)

115

80.7

84.0

88.4

92.9

98.2

103.7

109.1

114.9

119.6

7–<8 (n=1854)

117

81.5

85.0

89.6

94.1

99.2

104.6

110.0

116.0

121.3

 

119

81.7

85.0

89.4

94.1

99.4

105.0

110.4

116.3

121.0

 

120

82.2

85.8

90.3

94.9

100.0

105.5

110.9

117.0

122.3

 

123

82.6

86.0

90.5

95.2

100.5

106.2

111.7

117.7

122.5

 

124

83.1

86.7

91.4

96.0

101.2

106.7

112.2

118.4

123.7

 

126

83.4

86.7

91.3

96.0

101.4

107.2

112.7

118.7

123.6

 

127

83.8

87.5

92.1

96.8

102.0

107.6

113.1

119.3

124.7

 

130

84.3

87.8

92.4

97.1

102.6

108.4

114.0

120.1

125.0

 

131

84.8

88.4

93.1

97.8

103.2

108.8

114.4

120.7

126.1

 

133

85.1

88.5

93.2

98.0

103.5

109.4

115.0

121.1

126.1

 

134

85.5

89.1

93.9

98.6

104.0

109.7

115.3

121.7

127.1

 

137

86.1

89.5

94.2

99.1

104.7

110.6

116.3

122.5

127.5

 

138

86.4

90.1

94.9

99.7

105.1

110.9

116.6

123.0

128.5

8–<9 (n=1287)

120

81.3

84.7

89.3

94.0

99.4

105.0

110.3

116.0

120.5

8–<9 (n=1239)

122

82.6

86.2

90.8

95.3

100.5

106.0

111.4

117.6

122.9

 

124

82.3

85.7

90.4

95.2

100.6

106.2

111.6

117.3

121.9

 

126

83.5

87.1

91.8

96.4

101.6

107.2

112.7

118.9

124.2

 

128

83.2

86.8

91.5

96.3

101.8

107.5

112.9

118.7

123.4

 

129

84.2

87.9

92.5

97.2

102.5

108.1

113.6

119.9

125.3

 

132

84.2

87.8

92.5

97.4

102.9

108.7

114.2

120.1

124.8

 

133

85.2

88.8

93.6

98.3

103.6

109.3

114.9

121.2

126.7

 

136

85.2

88.8

93.6

98.5

104.1

110.0

115.6

121.5

126.2

 

137

86.1

89.8

94.6

99.4

104.7

110.5

116.1

122.5

128.0

 

139

85.9

89.5

94.4

99.4

105.0

110.9

116.5

122.5

127.3

 

140

86.8

90.5

95.4

100.2

105.6

111.4

117.1

123.5

129.1

 

143

86.9

90.5

95.5

100.5

106.2

112.2

117.8

123.9

128.8

 

144

87.7

91.5

96.4

101.2

106.7

112.5

118.3

124.9

130.5

9–<10 (n=299)

125

81.9

85.5

90.3

95.1

100.6

106.2

111.5

117.0

121.4

9–<10 (n=286)

127

83.7

87.3

92.0

96.6

101.8

107.4

112.9

119.1

124.5

 

130

83.1

86.7

91.6

96.5

102.1

107.8

113.1

118.8

123.2

 

131

84.6

88.3

93.0

97.7

103.0

108.6

114.2

120.4

125.9

 

134

84.0

87.7

92.7

97.7

103.2

109.0

114.4

120.1

124.6

 

134

85.3

89.0

93.7

98.5

103.8

109.5

115.1

121.4

126.9

 

138

85.0

88.7

93.7

98.8

104.4

110.3

115.7

121.5

126.1

 

138

86.2

90.0

94.8

99.5

104.9

110.7

116.3

122.8

128.3

 

142

85.9

89.8

94.8

99.9

105.6

111.5

117.1

122.9

127.5

 

142

87.2

90.9

95.8

100.6

106.1

111.9

117.6

124.1

129.7

 

145

86.7

90.5

95.6

100.7

106.5

112.4

118.0

123.9

128.6

 

146

88.1

91.9

96.8

101.7

107.2

113.0

118.9

125.4

131.0

 

149

87.6

91.5

96.7

101.9

107.7

113.7

119.4

125.3

130.0

 

150

89.0

92.9

97.8

102.8

108.3

114.2

120.1

126.7

132.4

10 <11 (n=112)

130

82.4

86.2

91.2

96.2

101.8

107.4

112.7

118.1

122.4

10–<11 (n=118)

132

84.8

88.4

93.1

97.8

103.1

108.8

114.4

120.7

126.1

 

135

83.6

87.5

92.6

97.6

103.3

109.0

114.3

119.8

124.2

 

135

85.5

89.1

93.9

98.6

104.0

109.7

115.3

121.7

127.1

 

140

84.8

88.7

93.9

99.0

104.7

110.5

116.0

121.5

125.9

 

139

86.4

90.1

94.9

99.7

105.1

110.9

116.6

123.0

128.5

 

144

85.7

89.7

94.9

100.2

105.9

111.8

117.3

122.9

127.4

 

143

87.3

91.1

95.9

100.8

106.2

112.0

117.8

124.3

129.9

 

148

86.7

90.7

96.0

101.3

107.1

113.0

118.6

124.3

128.8

 

148

88.5

92.3

97.2

102.1

107.7

113.5

119.4

125.9

131.6

 

152

87.6

91.7

97.1

102.4

108.3

114.3

119.9

125.7

130.2

 

152

89.4

93.3

98.2

103.2

108.8

114.7

120.6

127.3

133.0

 

156

88.6

92.7

98.1

103.5

109.5

115.5

121.2

127.0

131.6

 

155

90.1

94.0

99.0

104.0

109.6

115.6

121.6

128.3

134.0

  1. Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; GAMLSS, General Additive Model for Location Scale and Shape;17 Ht, height.
  2. Height values were expressed in cm and corresponded to the 1st, 3rd, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 97th and 99th age- and sex-specific percentiles.