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Written on 29/06/2021
, Last updated 14/10/2021

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Team DFTB . Blood pressure centiles, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2021. Available at: https://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.1149

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If you’re wondering if your patient’s BP is over the 95th centile….here’s the table you need.

This data is extrapolated from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

View Systolic BP Centile Charts

Age (years)	BP Centile	Height - 5th	Height - 10th	Height - 25th	Height - 50th	Height - 75th	Height - 90th	Height - 95th
	99th	122	123	125	127	128	130	130
	95th	115	116	117	119	121	122	123
	90th	111	112	114	115	117	119	119
10	50th	97	98	100	102	103	105	106
	99th	120	121	123	125	127	128	129
	95th	113	114	116	118	119	121	121
	90th	109	110	112	114	115	117	118
9	50th	95	96	98	100	102	103	104
	99th	119	120	122	123	125	127	127
	95th	111	112	114	116	118	119	120
	90th	107	109	110	112	114	115	116
8	50th	95	95	97	99	100	102	102
	99th	117	118	120	122	124	125	126
	95th	110	111	113	115	117	118	119
	90th	106	107	109	111	113	114	115
7	50th	92	94	95	97	99	100	101
	99th	116	117	119	121	123	124	125
	95th	109	110	112	114	115	117	117
	90th	105	106	108	110	111	113	113
6	50th	91	92	94	96	98	99	100
	99th	115	116	118	120	121	123	123
	95th	108	109	110	112	114	115	116
	90th	104	105	106	108	110	111	112
5	50th	90	91	93	95	96	98	98
	99th	113	114	116	118	120	121	122
	95th	106	107	109	111	112	114	115
	90th	102	103	105	107	109	110	111
4	50th	88	89	91	93	95	96	97
	99th	111	112	114	116	118	119	120
	95th	104	105	104	109	110	112	113
	90th	100	101	103	105	107	108	109
3	50th	86	87	89	91	93	94	95
	99th	109	110	111	113	115	117	117
	95th	101	102	104	106	108	109	110
	90th	97	99	100	102	104	105	106
2	50th	84	85	87	88	90	92	92
	99th	105	106	108	110	112	113	114
	95th	98	99	101	103	104	106	106
	90th	94	95	97	99	100	102	103
1	50th	80	81	83	85	87	88	89
		5th	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th	95th
Age (years)	BP Centile				Height Centile

View Diastolic BP Centile Charts

Age (years)	BP centile	Height - 5th	Height - 10th	Height - 25th	Height - 50th	Height - 75th	Height - 90th	Height - 95th
	99th	85	86	86	88	89	90
	95th	77	78	79	80	81	81	82
	90th	73	73	74	75	76	77	78
10	50th	58	59	60	61	61	62	63
	99th	84	85	86	87	88	88	89
	95th	76	77	78	79	80	81	81
	90th	72	73	74	75	76	76	77
9	50th	57	58	59	60	61	61	62
	99th	83	84	85	86	87	87	88
	95th	75	76	77	78	79	80
	90th	71	72	72	73	74	75	76
8	50th	56	57	58	59	60	60	61
	99th	82	82	83	84	85	86	86
	95th	74	74	75	76	77	78	78
	90th	70	70	71	72	73	74	74
7	50th	55	55	56	57	58	59	59
	99th	80	80	81	82	83	84	84
	95th	72	72	73	74	75	76	76
	90th	68	68	69	70	71	72	72
6	50th	53	53	54	55	56	57	57
	99th	77	78	79	80	81	81	82
	95th	69	70	71	72	73	74	74
	90th	65	66	67	68	69	69	70
5	50th	50	51	52	53	54	55	55
	99th	74	75	76	77	78	78	79
	95th	66	67	68	69	70	71	71
	90th	62	63	64	65	66	66	67
4	50th	47	48	49	50	51	51	52
	99th	71	71	72	73	74	75	75
	95th	63	63	64	65	66	67	67
	90th	59	59	60	61	62	63	63
3	50th	44	44	45	46	47	48	48
	99th	66	67	68	69	70	71	71
	95th	59	59	60	61	62	63	63
	90th	54	55	56	57	58	58	59
2	50th	39	40	41	42	43	44	44
	99th	61	62	63	64	65	66	66
	95th	54	54	55	56	57	58	58
	90th	49	50	51	52	53	53	54
1	50th	34	35	36	37	38	39	39
		5th	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th	95th
Age (years)	BP Centile				Height Centile

References

Baylor College of Medicine, Age-based centile charts

British Hypertension Society Guidelines

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