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Does the Standardized Systolic and Diastolic Scoring (SSDS) method improve the detection of circadian differences in blood pressure profiles compared to the conventional mean/standard deviation approach?
Does the Standardized Systolic and Diastolic Scoring (SSDS) method improve the detection of circadian differences in blood pressure profiles compared to the conventional mean/standard deviation approach?
The proposed SSDS method may offer a more sensitive approach to analyzing long-term blood pressure monitoring data compared to conventional methods.
SSDS may refine circadian BP analysis in hypertension monitoring; leaves open superiority over conventional metrics in prospective outcome trials.
Long-term blood pressure monitoring provides a large quantity of data with a wide inter-individual or inter-group variability. The conventional "mean/standard deviation" approach to data analysis is a relatively insensitive instrument for detecting circadian differences in blood pressure profile, mainly because the mean and the variability around the mean are processed separately. The proposed Standardized Systolic and Diastolic Scoring (SSDS) method enhances the analytical possibilities. Preliminary evaluation of the SSDS method using data obtained in an anti-hypertensive drug trial suggests clinical relevance.
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