A Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Common Office Blood Pressure Measurement Protocols.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The optimal approach to measuring office blood pressure (BP) is uncertain. We aimed to compare BP measurement protocols that differed based on numbers of readings within and between visits and by assessment method. METHODS:We enrolled a sample of 707 employees without known hypertension or cardiovascular disease, and obtained 6 standardized BP readings during each of 3 office visits at least 1 week apart, using mercury sphygmomanometer and BpTRU oscillometric devices (18 readings per participant) for a total of 12,645 readings. We used confirmatory factor analysis to develop a model estimating "true" office BP that could be used to compare the probability of correctly classifying participants' office BP status using differing numbers and types of office BP readings. RESULTS:Aver

SUBMITTER: Kronish IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7190886 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature