The Tecumseh Blood Pressure Study. Normative data on blood pressure self-determination
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 150 (6) , 1209-1213
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.150.6.1209
Abstract
In Tecumesh, Mich. (USA) we obtained blood pressure (BP) self-determination data in 608 healthy adults (327 men, 281 women; average age, 32.6 .+-. 3.5 years) representing a wide range of educational backgrounds. The average (.+-. SD) home BP (average 12.7 readings over 1 week) was 120.7/74.8 .+-. 10.4/8.6 mm Hg for men and 110.9/69.9 .+-. 10.1/7.7 for women. One hundred thirty-three subjects remeasured their home BP 1 year later and a strong correlation between the two readings was obtained (r = .70). Large-scale BP self-determination is feasible. Based on the BP distribution in Tecumesh, the upper limit of normalcy for home BP (2 SDs above the mean) is 142/92 mm Hg for men and 131/85 mm Hg for women.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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