This modelling study highlights the potential for blood pressure misclassification due to biological variation and calculates the positive predictive value of BP measurements in an English population.
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May warrant repeated BP readings to limit misclassification; leaves open prospective validation of PPV estimates.
Tom Marshall (2004) studied this question.
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