A collection of data sets from multiple sources used to inform blood pressure percentiles for pediatrics patients by sex, age, and height (if known).
Format
An object of class data.frame with 30 rows and 6 columns.
An object of class data.frame with 8 rows and 6 columns.
An object of class data.frame with 952 rows and 6 columns.
An object of class data.frame with 714 rows and 6 columns.
An object of class data.frame with 514 rows and 8 columns.
Details
Data sets are named to reflect the source.
For all the data sets provided units are uniform:
- age:
Patient age; months
- height:
length/height/stature; cm
- weight:
kilograms
- male:
integer value; 1 = male, 0 = female
- sbp:
systolic blood pressure; mmHg
- dbp:
diastolic blood pressure; mmHg
Columns with a name such as sbp is a point observations. Summary
statistics are appended to the variable as needed, e.g., sbp_mean and
sbp_sd for the reported mean and standard deviation of systolic blood
pressure.
CDC ages represent whole month but reported at the half month. That is, age = 12.5 is short-hand for 12 <= age < 13. The exception is birth; age = 0 is birth and not a range.
bp_parameters has the estimated mean and
standard deviations for estimating percentiles using a Gaussian distribution
for a given sex, age (in months), and height (if known/applicable).
References
Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents. "Expert panel on integrated guidelines for cardiovascular health and risk reduction in children and adolescents: summary report." Pediatrics 128.Supplement_5 (2011): S213-S256.
Gemelli, M., Manganaro, R., Mami, C., & De Luca, F. (1990). Longitudinal study of blood pressure during the 1st year of life. European journal of pediatrics, 149(5), 318-320.
Lo, Joan C., et.al. "Prehypertension and hypertension in community-based pediatric practice." Pediatrics 131.2 (2013): e415-e424.
The Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents Pediatrics 2004;114;555-576 <doi:10.1542/peds.114.2.S2.555>
Flynn, Joseph T., David C. Kaelber, Carissa M. Baker-Smith, Douglas Blowey, Aaron E. Carroll, Stephen R. Daniels, Sarah D. De Ferranti et al. "Clinical practice guideline for screening and management of high blood pressure in children and adolescents." Pediatrics 140, no. 3 (2017).