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Aetiology
Review: ambulatory blood pressure monitoring predicts clinical outcomes

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.8.4.120

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    (Nov 2002); Appel LJ, Robinson KA, Guallar E, et al.. Utility of blood pressure monitoring outside of the clinic setting.. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment no 63. AHRQ publication no 03-E004 Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, . . . http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/bpmoninv.htm.

    
 
 QUESTION: Does blood pressure (BP), either self measured (SMBP) or measured by ambulatory monitoring (AMBP) outside a clinical setting, predict clinical outcomes?*

    Data sources

    Studies were identified by searching 3 electronic databases and hand searching journals, reference lists, and conference proceedings.

    Study selection

    Longitudinal studies fully published in English were selected if they reported on AMBP or SMBP in ≥50 patients.

    Data extraction

    Data were extracted on study design and setting, method of BP measurement, time and place of BP measurement, and outcomes

    Main results

    1 prospective cohort study tested the association between SMBP and total and cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths at 6.6 years (n=1728) and between SMBP and fatal and non-fatal …

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    Footnotes

    • Source of funding: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

    • For correspondence: Dr L J Appel, Johns Hopkins Evidence-based Practice Center, Baltimore, MD, USA. lappel{at}jhmi.edu

    • ↵* The report addressed other questions not reported in this abstract.