Normal Blood Pressure Readings for Boys

Normal Blood Pressure Readings for Boys

Age	Systolic Blood Pressure Percentile					Diastolic Blood Pressure * Percentile
Age	5th	10th	50th	90th	95th	5th	10th	50th	90th	95th
1 day	54	58	73	87	92	38	42	55	68	72
3 days	55	59	74	89	93	38	42	55	68	71
7 days	57	62	76	91	95	37	41	54	67	71
1 mo	67	71	86	101	105	35	39	52	64	68
2 mo	72	76	91	106	110	33	37	50	63	66
3 mo	72	76	91	106	110	33	37	50	63	66
4 mo	72	76	91	106	110	34	37	50	63	67
5 mo	72	76	91	105	110	35	39	52	65	68
6 mo	72	76	90	105	109	36	40	53	66	70
7 mo	71	76	90	105	109	37	41	54	67	71
8 mo	71	75	90	105	109	38	42	55	68	72
9 mo	71	75	90	105	109	39	43	55	68	72
10 mo	71	75	90	105	109	39	43	56	69	73
11 mo	71	76	90	105	109	39	43	56	69	73
1 yr	71	76	90	105	109	39	43	56	69	73
2 yr	72	76	91	106	110	39	43	56	68	72
3 yr	73	77	92	107	111	39	42	55	68	72
4 yr	74	79	93	108	112	39	43	56	69	72
5 yr	76	80	95	109	113	40	43	56	69	73
6 yr	77	81	96	111	115	41	44	57	70	74
7 yr	78	83	97	112	116	42	45	58	71	75
8 yr	80	84	99	114	118	43	47	60	73	76
9 yr	82	86	101	115	120	44	48	61	74	78
10 yr	84	88	102	117	121	45	49	62	75	79
11 yr	86	90	105	119	123	47	50	63	76	80
12 yr	88	92	107	121	126	48	51	64	77	81
13 yr	90	94	109	124	128	45	49	63	77	81
14 yr	93	97	112	126	131	46	50	64	78	82
15 yr	95	99	114	129	133	47	51	65	79	83
16 yr	98	102	117	131	136	49	53	67	81	85
17 yr	100	104	119	134	138	51	55	69	83	87
18 yr	102	106	121	136	140	52	56	70	84	88

* K4 was used for children younger than 13 years; K5was used for children 13 years and older.

Source: Second Task Force on BloodPressure Control in Children, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute,Bethesda, Md. Tabular data prepared by Dr. B. Rosner, 1987.

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