Interarm difference in systolic blood pressure in different ethnic groups and relationship to the "white coat effect": a cross sectional study
<strong>Background</strong> Inter-arm differences (IAD) ≥10mmHg in systolic blood pressure (BP) are associated with greater incidence of cardiovascular disease. The effect of ethnicity and the white coat effect (WCE) on significant systolic inter-arm differences (ssIADs) are not well und...
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2017
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| author | Schwartz, C Clark, C Koshiaris, C Gill, P Greenfield, S Haque, M Heer, G Johal, A Kaur, R Mant, J Martin, U Mohammed, M Wood, S McManus, R |
| author_facet | Schwartz, C Clark, C Koshiaris, C Gill, P Greenfield, S Haque, M Heer, G Johal, A Kaur, R Mant, J Martin, U Mohammed, M Wood, S McManus, R |
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| description | <strong>Background</strong> Inter-arm differences (IAD) ≥10mmHg in systolic blood pressure (BP) are associated with greater incidence of cardiovascular disease. The effect of ethnicity and the white coat effect (WCE) on significant systolic inter-arm differences (ssIADs) are not well understood. <strong>Methods</strong> Differences in BP by ethnicity for different methods of BP measurement were examined in 770 people (300 White British, 241 South Asian, 229 African-Caribbean). Repeated clinic measurements were obtained simultaneously in the right and left arm using two BP-Tru monitors and comparisons made between the first reading, mean of second and third and mean of second to sixth readings for patients with, and without known hypertension. All patients had ambulatory monitoring (ABPM). WCE was defined as systolic Clinic BP ≥10mmHg higher than daytime ABPM. <strong>Results</strong> No significant differences were seen in the prevalence of ssIAD between ethnicities whichever combinations of BP measurement were used and regardless of hypertensive status. ssIADs fell between the 1st measurement (161, 22%), 2 nd/3 rd (113, 16%) and 2 nd -6 th (78, 11%) (1st vs 2 nd/3 rd and 2 nd -6 th, p<0.001). Hypertensives with a WCE were more likely to have ssIADs on 1st, (OR 1.73 (95% CI 1.04-2.86), 2 nd/3 rd , (OR 3.05 (1.68-5.53) and 2nd -6 th measurements, (OR 2.58 (1.22-5.44). Nonhypertensive participants with a WCE were more likely to have a ssIAD on their first measurement (OR 3.82 (1.77 -8.25) only. <strong>Conclusion</strong> ssIAD prevalence does not vary with ethnicity regardless of hypertensive status but is affected by the number of readings, suggesting the influence of WCE. Multiple readings should be used to confirm ssIADs. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:fda71822-15b6-4770-ae5a-dc3a814e5fd82022-03-27T13:30:30ZInterarm difference in systolic blood pressure in different ethnic groups and relationship to the "white coat effect": a cross sectional studyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:fda71822-15b6-4770-ae5a-dc3a814e5fd8Symplectic Elements at OxfordOxford University Press2017Schwartz, CClark, CKoshiaris, CGill, PGreenfield, SHaque, MHeer, GJohal, AKaur, RMant, JMartin, UMohammed, MWood, SMcManus, R<strong>Background</strong> Inter-arm differences (IAD) ≥10mmHg in systolic blood pressure (BP) are associated with greater incidence of cardiovascular disease. The effect of ethnicity and the white coat effect (WCE) on significant systolic inter-arm differences (ssIADs) are not well understood. <strong>Methods</strong> Differences in BP by ethnicity for different methods of BP measurement were examined in 770 people (300 White British, 241 South Asian, 229 African-Caribbean). Repeated clinic measurements were obtained simultaneously in the right and left arm using two BP-Tru monitors and comparisons made between the first reading, mean of second and third and mean of second to sixth readings for patients with, and without known hypertension. All patients had ambulatory monitoring (ABPM). WCE was defined as systolic Clinic BP ≥10mmHg higher than daytime ABPM. <strong>Results</strong> No significant differences were seen in the prevalence of ssIAD between ethnicities whichever combinations of BP measurement were used and regardless of hypertensive status. ssIADs fell between the 1st measurement (161, 22%), 2 nd/3 rd (113, 16%) and 2 nd -6 th (78, 11%) (1st vs 2 nd/3 rd and 2 nd -6 th, p<0.001). Hypertensives with a WCE were more likely to have ssIADs on 1st, (OR 1.73 (95% CI 1.04-2.86), 2 nd/3 rd , (OR 3.05 (1.68-5.53) and 2nd -6 th measurements, (OR 2.58 (1.22-5.44). Nonhypertensive participants with a WCE were more likely to have a ssIAD on their first measurement (OR 3.82 (1.77 -8.25) only. <strong>Conclusion</strong> ssIAD prevalence does not vary with ethnicity regardless of hypertensive status but is affected by the number of readings, suggesting the influence of WCE. Multiple readings should be used to confirm ssIADs. |
| spellingShingle | Schwartz, C Clark, C Koshiaris, C Gill, P Greenfield, S Haque, M Heer, G Johal, A Kaur, R Mant, J Martin, U Mohammed, M Wood, S McManus, R Interarm difference in systolic blood pressure in different ethnic groups and relationship to the "white coat effect": a cross sectional study |
| title | Interarm difference in systolic blood pressure in different ethnic groups and relationship to the "white coat effect": a cross sectional study |
| title_full | Interarm difference in systolic blood pressure in different ethnic groups and relationship to the "white coat effect": a cross sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Interarm difference in systolic blood pressure in different ethnic groups and relationship to the "white coat effect": a cross sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interarm difference in systolic blood pressure in different ethnic groups and relationship to the "white coat effect": a cross sectional study |
| title_short | Interarm difference in systolic blood pressure in different ethnic groups and relationship to the "white coat effect": a cross sectional study |
| title_sort | interarm difference in systolic blood pressure in different ethnic groups and relationship to the white coat effect a cross sectional study |
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