Clinic blood pressure readings are less reproducible than 24 h and daytime average ambulatory blood pressures. This may depend on (1) the continuous and spontaneous variability which characterizes daily life blood pressure, (2) the well-known 'white-coat' effect and (3) other methodological problems affecting traditional sphygmomanometric readings, such as the observer's bias and digit preference. The higher reproducibility of average 24 h and daytime blood pressures is also, at least in part, a function of the greater number of blood pressure readings available. On the other hand, the various components of the 24 h blood pressure profile appear, in general, to be less reproducible than the 24 h average value. This is the case for hourly values, for the day-night blood pressure difference and for a number of statistical parameters employed for modelling the 24 h blood pressure curve. An alternative and simple way to obtain reproducible blood pressure values, without making use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring techniques, may be offered by the average of 20-25 blood pressure readings obtained automatically or semi-automatically under standardized conditions in outpatient clinics. The implications of these findings for clinical trials aimed at evaluating the features of the effects of antihypertensive drugs on 24 h blood pressure are discussed

Parati, G., Ulian, L., Santucciu, C., Mancia, G. (1996). Reproducibility of blood pressure measurements. BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, 1(3), 205-209.

Reproducibility of blood pressure measurements

Parati,G;Mancia, G
1996

Abstract

Clinic blood pressure readings are less reproducible than 24 h and daytime average ambulatory blood pressures. This may depend on (1) the continuous and spontaneous variability which characterizes daily life blood pressure, (2) the well-known 'white-coat' effect and (3) other methodological problems affecting traditional sphygmomanometric readings, such as the observer's bias and digit preference. The higher reproducibility of average 24 h and daytime blood pressures is also, at least in part, a function of the greater number of blood pressure readings available. On the other hand, the various components of the 24 h blood pressure profile appear, in general, to be less reproducible than the 24 h average value. This is the case for hourly values, for the day-night blood pressure difference and for a number of statistical parameters employed for modelling the 24 h blood pressure curve. An alternative and simple way to obtain reproducible blood pressure values, without making use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring techniques, may be offered by the average of 20-25 blood pressure readings obtained automatically or semi-automatically under standardized conditions in outpatient clinics. The implications of these findings for clinical trials aimed at evaluating the features of the effects of antihypertensive drugs on 24 h blood pressure are discussed
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
'White-coat' effect, Ambulatory blood pressure, Blood pressure reproducibility, Clinical trials
English
1996
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Parati, G., Ulian, L., Santucciu, C., Mancia, G. (1996). Reproducibility of blood pressure measurements. BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, 1(3), 205-209.
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