SynthesisThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2016
Prevalence of systolic inter-arm differences in blood pressure for different primary care populations: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Influencing factors for the increased inter-arm systolic blood pressure difference among populations of different genders.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Interal-arm blood pressure difference with computer-programmed blood pressure measurement: difference between the first reading and the average of the second and the third readings.Journal of human hypertension · 2026Article
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- Prevalence of interarm blood pressure difference is notably higher in women; the Viborg population-based screening program (VISP).BMC public health · 2024Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with inter-arm systolic and diastolic blood pressure differences: results from the baseline Fasa Adult's Cohort Study (FACS).BMC public health · 2024Article
- Systolic inter-arm blood pressure difference and estimated glomerular filtration rate in type 2 diabetic patients in Palestine: a cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- Edge-Enabled Heart Rate Estimation from Multisensor PPG Signals.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2023Article
- Inter-arm blood pressure difference and cardiovascular risk estimation in primary care: a pilot study.BJGP open · 2022Article
- Clinical relevance of double-arm blood pressure measurement and prevalence of clinically important inter-arm blood pressure differences in Indian primary care.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2022Article
- Prevalence of inter-arm blood pressure difference among young healthy adults: Results from a large cross-sectional study on 3235 participants.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Associations Between Systolic Interarm Differences in Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes and Mortality: Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis, Development and Validation of a Prognostic Algorithm: The INTERPRESS-IPD Collaboration.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2021Article
- Elevated Interarm Systolic Blood Pressure Difference Is Positively Associated with Increased Likelihood of Coronary Artery Disease.International journal of hypertension · 2021Article
- Inter-arm difference in blood pressure in patients referred to tertiary hypertension center: Prevalence, risk factors, and relevance to physicians.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2020Article
- Systolic inter-arm blood pressure difference and risk of cognitive decline in older people: a cohort study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2020Article
- Inter-arm Blood Pressure Difference is Associated with Recurrent Stroke in Non-cardioembolic Stroke Patients.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundVarious prevalence figures have been reported for inter-arm differences in blood pressure (IAD); variation may be explained by differing population vascular risk and by measurement method.
aimTo review the literature to derive robust estimates of IAD prevalence relevant to community populations. DESIGN AND
settingSystematic review and meta-analysis.
methodMEDLINE, Embase, and CINAHL were searched for cross-sectional studies likely to represent general or primary care populations, reporting prevalence of IAD and employing a simultaneous method of measurement. Using study-level data, pooled estimates of mean prevalence of systolic IADs were calculated and compared using a random effects model.
resultsEighty IAD studies were identified. Sixteen met inclusion criteria: pooled estimates of prevalence for systolic IAD ≥10 mmHg were 11.2% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 9.1 to 13.6) in hypertension, 7.4% (95% CI = 5.8 to 9.2) in diabetes, and 3.6% (95% CI = 2.3 to 5.0) for a general adult population (P<0.001 for subgroup differences). Differences persisted for higher cut-off values. Prevalences were lower for East Asian than for Western populations and were overestimated by sequential measurement where this could be compared with simultaneous measurement within studies (relative risk for IAD: 2.9 [95% CI = 2.1 to 4.1]). Studies with higher mean absolute systolic pressures had higher prevalences for a systolic IAD ≥10 mmHg (P = 0.04).
conclusionPrevalences of IADs rise in relation to underlying cardiovascular comorbidities of the population studied, and are overestimated threefold when sequential measurement is used. Population-specific variation in prevalences of IAD should be taken into account in delivering clinical care and in planning future studies.
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