Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in elderly
Palade, D.; Iliescu, D.; Cotârleţ, L.; Pandele, G.I.
Revista Medico-Chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici Si Naturalisti Din Iasi 114(4): 973-976
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0048-7848 PMID: 21500445 Document Number: 647417
Comparison of blood pressure values measured by two methods. 94 hypertensive patients (66 women and 28 men in relation to 2.36/1) were assessed classically and also by ABPM. For statistic evaluation we have used t - Student test, chi2 test, Pearson correlation coefficient and variation coefficient (cv%). It shows significant differences between mean values of systolic and diastolic blood pressure obtained by the 2 methods. ABPM measured values are more accurate compared to clinic, bringing also information on pattern hypertensive therapy.