Normative Data for Blood Pressure in Croatian War Veterans: A Population-Based Study

Mario Kasović, Zvonimir Kalčik, Lovro Štefan, Andro Štefan, Damir Knjaz and Marijana Braš
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Mario Kasović: Department of General and Applied Kinesiology, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zvonimir Kalčik: Home of War Veterans, Park ‘Stara Trešnjevka’, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Lovro Štefan: Department of General and Applied Kinesiology, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Andro Štefan: Department of General and Applied Kinesiology, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Damir Knjaz: Department of Sports Kinesiology, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marijana Braš: Clinical Hospital Center ‘Zagreb’, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 8, 1-7

Abstract: Purpose: The current study aimed to investigate the normative data for blood pressure. Materials and Methods: From 2017 to 2020, 2032 men and women classified as ‘war veterans’ were recruited (mean age ± standard deviation (SD): 60.97 ± 7.98 years; mean stature: 172.50 ± 9.10 cm; mean body mass: 90.25 ± 36.45 kg; mean body-mass index: 29.66 ± 5.59 kg/m 2 ; 29.9% women). Their systolic and diastolic blood pressures were measured three times. The procedure was carried out according to the American Heart Organization. The sex-specific and age-specific normative data for the 5th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th, and 90th percentiles for systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), pulse pressure (measured as SBP-DBP) and mid-BP (the average of SBP and DBP) were presented. Results: The men had higher SBP ( p < 0.001), DBP ( p < 0.001), pulse pressure ( p < 0.001) and mid-BP ( p < 0.001) compared to the women. The age-specific differences showed that older individuals had higher values of SBP ( p < 0.001), pulse pressure ( p < 0.001), and mid-BP ( p < 0.001), while no significant differences for DBP ( p = 0.496) were observed. Conclusions: This is the first study providing sex-specific and age-specific normative data for blood pressure in war veterans.

Keywords: standards; hypertension; percentile; blood pressure; war veterans (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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