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ArticleInternational journal of hypertension2019

Factors Associated with Visit-to-Visit Variability of Blood Pressure Measured as Part of Routine Clinical Care among Patients Attending Cardiology Outpatient Department of a Tertiary Care Centre in Northern Sri Lanka.

Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, Vathulan Sujanitha, Mahesan Guruparan, Nadarajah Rajeshkannan

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Article in International journal of hypertension, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Thirunavukarasu KumananDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5735-4713
Vathulan SujanithaDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0330-7254
Mahesan GuruparanDepartment of Cardiology, Teaching Hospital-Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Nadarajah RajeshkannanCivic Park Medical Centre, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia.
University of Jaffna · LKAtrium Medical (Australia) · AUJaffna Teaching Hospital · LK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visit-to-visit variability (VVV) is a relatively new concept in the hypertensive arena. Data regarding VVV are lacking in our region, and factors associated with VVV are rarely examined in previous studies. This study was conducted among 406 patients attended to the cardiology outpatient department of Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 2018 to assess the long-term variability of blood pressure (BP) by reviewing last six consecutive BP readings from the records retrospectively. Data regarding sociodemographic variables and behavioural factors such as medication adherence, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, and relevant comorbidities were taken through an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data were analysed by using SPSS version 25 and VVV of systolic blood pressure (SBP) matrix expressed as mean of SD and association were examined with various factors and VVV of SBP. SBP showed high VVV among the participants as expressed by mean of SD which was 13.06 ± 5.64. When comparing mean SD among the categories of different variables, female sex (

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