Why the study?
What is the normal variation for a significant difference between bilateral systolic blood pressures in hypertensive individuals?
Population
100 asymptomatic subjects with hypertension
Design
Cross-sectional, The order of blood pressure determination in the first arm…
Authors
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Bilateral SBP differences >10 mm Hg should not inherently signal pathology in asymptomatic hypertensives; leaves open standardization of bilateral measurement protocols.
What is the normal variation for a significant difference between bilateral systolic blood pressures in hypertensive individuals?
Differences of more than 10 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure between arms are frequent (18%) in asymptomatic hypertensive individuals and do not inherently indicate a pathologic condition.
Pesola et al. (2002) studied this question.
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