Comparison of Dialysis Unit and Home Blood Pressures: An Observational Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Prior studies of patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis have shown that, on average, blood pressure (BP) measured predialysis is higher than BP measured at home. We hypothesized that a subset of hemodialysis patients has BP that is higher when measured at home than when measured predialysis and this subgroup of patients has a higher prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy.

Study design

Prospective cohort.

Setting & participants

97 hypertensive hemodialysis patients enrolled in the Blood Pressure in Dialysis Study (BID), a randomized trial of comparing target predialysis BP ≤140/90 to 155-165/90 mm Hg.

Exposure

Differences between predialysis and next-day home systolic BP measured ≥6 times over 1 year.

Outcome

Left ventricula

SUBMITTER: Miskulin DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8631101 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature