Measurement of blood pressure for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in different ethnic groups: one size fits all

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• 作者：Paramjit Gill ; M. Sayeed Haque ; Una Martin ; Jonathan Mant…
• 关键词：Diagnosis of hypertension ; Ethnic group
• 刊名：BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：495KB
• 刊物主题：Cardiology; Cardiac Surgery; Angiology; Blood Transfusion Medicine; Internal Medicine; Medicine/Public Health, general;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2261
• 卷排序：17

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BackgroundHypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and prevalence varies by ethnic group. The diagnosis and management of blood pressure are informed by guidelines largely based on data from white populations. This study addressed whether accuracy of blood pressure measurement in terms of diagnosis of hypertension varies by ethnicity by comparing two measurement modalities (clinic blood pressure and home monitoring) with a reference standard of ambulatory BP monitoring in three ethnic groups.