An inventory of studies on ambulatory blood pressure in large groups of subjects
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J Staessen1, H Celis, P De Cort
1Department of Pathophysiology, University of Leuven, Belgium.
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Researchers inventoried 19 studies on ambulatory blood pressure distribution. This data can help establish precise, age- and sex-specific diagnostic criteria for clinical practice.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular epidemiology
- Public health research
Background:
- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is crucial for accurate hypertension diagnosis.
- Existing population-level ABPM data is limited, hindering precise diagnostic criteria development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To inventory ongoing and completed studies characterizing ambulatory blood pressure distribution in general populations.
- To identify studies suitable for deriving robust, population-based ABPM diagnostic criteria.
Main Methods:
- Systematic inventory of 19 studies focusing on ambulatory blood pressure measurement.
- Inclusion criteria focused on population-based or large group selection, excluding ABPM-based subject selection.
Main Results:
- Identified 19 relevant studies for population-level ambulatory blood pressure analysis.
- Confirmed that while subject recruitment involved some selection, no study excluded participants based on ABPM readings.
Conclusions:
- The inventoried studies offer valuable data for defining precise, age- and sex-specific diagnostic criteria for ABPM.
- This initiative supports the advancement of evidence-based clinical practice for hypertension management.
Abstract:
We made an inventory of 19 studies that have been or are being undertaken to better characterize the distribution of ambulatory blood pressure in the population at large or in larger groups of individuals selected from the population. No study was without some degree of selection in the recruitment of its subjects, but none of the subjects was selected or excluded on the basis of ambulatory blood pressure. These studies could provide the data required to define more precise, age- and sex-specific, diagnostic criteria for ambulatory blood pressure measurement in day-to-day clinical practice.