1. Twenty-four hour ambulatory blood pressure reference values in Africans.
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Bawa-Allah AB, Mashao MM, Nyundu TF, Phukubje EM, Mlambo BW, Ngema MV, Nkosi BG, and Maseko MJ
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- Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Masked Hypertension diagnosis, Masked Hypertension physiopathology, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Random Allocation, Reference Values, South Africa, Systole, White Coat Hypertension diagnosis, White Coat Hypertension physiopathology, Young Adult, Blood Pressure physiology, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
- Abstract
Objective: We aimed to establish reference values for 24 h ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) monitoring in an African community., Patients and Methods: We randomly recruited 1219 participants of African ancestry from Soweto, a township in Johannesburg. Twenty-four hour ABP was measured using ABP monitors (model 90207; Spacelab). Complete 24 h ABP measurements from 530 healthy participants with a mean age of 38 were used to determine thresholds., Results: Twenty-four hour, daytime and night-time systolic and diastolic BP increased significantly with age. The 95th prediction bands of this relation at age 38 years were ∼135/85 mmHg for 24 h, 140/90 mmHg for daytime and 130/80 mmHg for night-time ABP values, respectively. These thresholds and absolute ABP values are similar to those observed in individuals of other demographics. These thresholds increase with age by an average of 1.5 mmHg with each decade's increase in age., Conclusion: Pending authentication in prospective outcome-based studies, these values might be considered preliminary thresholds to diagnose hypertension in individuals of African descent.
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- 2019
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