ArticleJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2013
Inter-arm blood pressure differences in young, healthy patients.
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- Characterizing Agreement in the Level of Interarm Blood Pressure Readings of Adults in the Emergency Department (CALIBRATE Study).Qatar medical journal · 2020Article
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- The interarm blood pressure difference: Do we know enough yet?Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2017Article
- Interventricular Septum and Posterior Wall Thickness Are Associated With Higher Systolic Blood Pressure.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2016Article
- A relative difference in systolic blood pressure between arms by synchronal measurement and conventional cardiovascular risk factors are associated with the severity of coronary atherosclerosis.Heart and vessels · 2016Article
- Prevalence of inter-arm blood pressure difference among clinical out-patients.International journal of health sciences · 2016Article
- Inter-Arm Blood Pressure Differences May Be Important for Predicting Mortality.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2016Article
- Response to the Letter by Ozturk and Colleagues Entitled: "Inter-Arm Blood Pressure Differences May Be Important in Predicting Mortality".Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2016Article
- Inter-Arm Blood Pressure Difference in Hospitalized Elderly Patients Is Not Associated With Excess Mortality.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2015Article
- Considerations for SphygmoCor radial artery pulse wave analysis: side selection and peripheral arterial blood pressure calibration.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2015Article
- Inter-arm blood pressure difference in hospitalized elderly patients--is it consistent?Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2014Article
- Inter-arm blood pressure differences in aviators: is it important?Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2014Article
- Response to the letter entitled "Inter-arm blood pressure differences in aviators: is it important?" by Ozturk et al.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2014Article
- Serum uric acid level in newly diagnosed essential hypertension in a Nepalese population: a hospital based cross sectional study.Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine · 2014Article
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Abstract
The prevalence and magnitude of inter-arm BP difference (IAD) in young healthy patients is not well characterized. Flight academy applicants and designated aviators undergo annual evaluation that includes blood pressure (BP) measurement on both arms. All BP measurements performed from January 1, 2012, to April 30, 2012, were recorded and IAD was calculated. Results were compared between patients in whom BP was initially measured in the right arm (group 1), those in whom BP was initially measured in the left arm (group 2), and those in whom the arm in which BP was initially measured was not recorded (group 3). A total of 877 healthy patients had BP measured during the study period. In the entire group, mean systolic BP was the same in both arms. Absolute IAD was 5.6±5.5 mm Hg for systolic and 4.7±4.5 mm Hg for diastolic BP. IAD >10 mm Hg was recorded in 111 (12.6%) and 77 (8.8%) patients for systolic and diastolic BP, respectively. IAD was the same in the 3 groups and was unrelated to age, body mass index, and heart rate, but was related to systolic BP. IAD is common in young healthy patients, is not dependent on which arm was measured first, and unrelated to age, body mass index, and heart rate.
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