Why the study?
Do single office measurements of vital signs predict subsequent vascular complications in primary care patients with hypertension?
Population
5,825 patients with hypertension, mean age 57 years, from an inner-city primary care practice.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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May support office SBP for risk stratification in hypertension; extends observational data but leaves practice change open.
Do single office measurements of vital signs predict subsequent vascular complications in primary care patients with hypertension?
A single set of vital signs, particularly systolic blood pressure, recorded during a routine primary care visit has significant prognostic value for adverse clinical events in hypertensive patients.
William M. Tierney (2004) studied this question.
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