Table 3 Systolic and diastolic blood pressure of students in each sex after matched by height (mean ± s.d.)¹

SBP

102.5 + 8.5

103.8 + 8.8^▲

104.2 + 9.3^★

106.1 + 9.3

108.7 + 9.8

110.4 + 9.7

<0.001

DBP

65.3 + 5.7

66.0 + 6.3^▲

66.5 + 6.6^★

67.3 + 6.7^◆

68.9 + 6.3

69.4 + 6.7^■

<0.001

N

361

361

361

361

361

361

SBP

98.6 + 8.1

98.9 + 8.1^▲

99.3 + 8.1^▲★

100.5 + 8.2

100.9 + 8.4^▼

101.4 + 8.8^■

<0.001

DBP

64.1 + 5.6

64.3 + 5.6^▲

64.8 + 5.8^★

65.3 + 5.7

65.9 + 6.3

66.0 + 6.0^■

<0.001

N

1061

1061

1061

1061

1061

1061