Digit Preference in Office Blood Pressure Measurements, United States 2015-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood pressure (BP) measurement error may lead to under- or overtreatment of hypertension. One common source of error is terminal digit preference, most often a terminal digit of "0." The objective was to evaluate national trends in terminal digit preference in office BP measurements among adults with treated hypertension.

Methods

Data were from IQVIA's National Disease and Therapeutic Index, a nationally representative, serial cross-sectional survey of office-based physicians. The analysis included office visits from 2015 to 2019 among adults aged ≥18 years receiving antihypertensive treatment. Annual trends were examined in the percent of systolic and diastolic BP measurements ending in zero by patient sex, age, and race/ethnicity, physician specialty, and first

SUBMITTER: Foti KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8628654 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature