Table 3.
Comparison between recent studies on blood pressure in patients with coarctation of the aorta and the present study
| Author and reference | Number of participants | Mean (SD) age at operation (years) | Mean follow up (years) | Hypertension determined by casual SBP (%) | Controls | Hypertensive 24 h SBP (%) |
| Giordano20 | 38 | Children | 2.6 (3) | 16 | Lit | 34 |
| Leandro21 | 20 | 5.5 (4.3) | 9.2 (3.1) | Ex | 20 | NA |
| Eroglu22 | 18 | 5.1 (4.8) | 2.5 (1.9) | Ex | 18 | NA |
| Parrish23 | 11 | 6.0 (1.0) | 10.1 (1.0) | NA | 15 | 45 |
| Hauser24 | 55 | 2.8 (2.2) | 7.9 | 45 | Lit | 19* |
| Johnson25 | 21 | 5.5 (4.6) | 9.4 (4.9) | 27 | Lit | 29* |
| Present study | 119 | 0.2 (0.04–2.0)† | 9.5 (7.1–12.8)† | 30 | 1034 | 19 |
Controls shows the number of controls used to assess the prevalence of hypertension using 24 hour recordings.
Ex, patients with hypertension were excluded; Lit, controls from the literature; NA, not available.
*If mean 24 hour blood pressure was not given, the prevalence of daytime hypertension was used; †median and interquartile range.