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8021901

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
There is evidence that self-measurement of BP increases precision, reproducibility and prognostic value of BP measurement. However, generally accepted normal values for BP values obtained by self-measurement are still missing. The present study was undertaken to investigate differences between office and self-measured blood pressure; 503 randomly selected inhabitants (265 men and 238 women, age 20-90 years, mean age 46.5 +/- 12.9 years) of the small town of Dübendorf in Switzerland were studied. The subjects were not preselected according their BP levels, only patients taking antihypertensive drugs were excluded. Self-measurement was performed at home by the subjects during 14 days in the morning between 6 and 8 am and in the evening between 6 and 8 pm (mean of 26.7 measurements). Office BP was taken before and after the two week period. Mean office BP (130.0 +/- 16.5/82.1 +/- 11.1 mmHg) was significantly (P < 0.01) higher than mean self-measured BP (123.1 +/- 14.6/77.6 +/- 10.7 mmHg). There was no significant difference between first and second office BP measurement. Morning self-measured BP was lower than evening pressure (delta 4.0/1.4 mmHg, both P < 0.01) and the mean was taken for comparison with office BP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0950-9240
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
227-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The Dübendorf Study: a population-based investigation on normal values of blood pressure self-measurement.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial