Seasonal variation in home blood pressure: findings from nationwide web-based monitoring in Japan.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to assess seasonal variation in home blood pressure (BP) among free-living nationwide participants using home BP values accumulated from a web-based healthcare platform established in Japan. SETTINGS:An observational study. OMRON Healthcare Co., Ltd. has been developing web-based personal healthcare record systems in Japan since November 2010; over two million voluntary participants had joined this platform in September 2015. Nationwide home BP measurements made by oscillometric-type electronic sphygmomanometers from over 110 000 voluntary participants have been transmitted to the system from devices. PARTICIPANTS:Seasonal variation in home BP was evaluated among 64 536 (51 335 men, 13 201 women; mean age 52.9 years) free-living nationwide users for whom data were au

SUBMITTER: Iwahori T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5780696 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature