Open AccessPrevalence of Hypertension Defined by Central Blood Pressure Measured Using a Type II Device in a Nationally Representative Cohort
Author(s) -
ShaoYuan Chuang,
HsingYi Chang,
HaoMin Cheng,
WenHarn Pan,
Chen-Huan Chen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1093/ajh/hpx178
Subject(s) - medicine , prehypertension , blood pressure , population , cardiology , cuff , cohort , surgery , environmental health
Central blood pressure (BP) can be used to define hypertension. A central BP approach may be more sensitive than a conventional brachial BP approach in detecting hypertension. We aimed to compare the 2 approaches in estimating the prevalence hypertension in a nationally representative population.
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