Blood pressure
The children were told to rest for 15 minutes before which their blood pressure was measured by a sphygmomanometer placed on the right arm. Two measurements were made using the same method and same researcher. After 15 minutes from the first measurement, a second measurement was performed. The measurements were evaluated according to age and gender. With regard to blood pressure, children found to be either in the low or high categories were considered at risk. The low blood pressure is below 50th percentile (for systolic 100 mmHg, diastolic 60 mmHg); the high one is above 95th percentile (for systolic 132 mmHg, diastolic 92 mmHg). Below 90th percentile is normal, 90th-95th percentile is prehypertension, above 95th percentile is hypertension