Performance of modified blood pressure‐to‐height ratio for diagnosis of hypertension in children: The CASPIAN‐V study

This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and performance of modified blood pressure-to-height ratio (MBPHR) for identifying high blood pressure (HBP) in a large population of children. This multicentric cross-sectional study was conducted on a nationally representative sample of 7349 Iranian students aged 7-12 years living in 30 provinces in Iran. High systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were defined according to the 2017...