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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: Blood Press Monit. 2007 Feb;12(1):1–8. doi: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e3280858d5b

Table 3.

Adherence to the BP measurement protocol

Baseline measurement ‘Usual’ BP group (n = 394) ‘Intensive’ BP group (n = 415) All (N = 809)
BP measured with Colin device 383 (97%) 393 (95%) 776 (96%)
BP measured in both arms at initial reading to choose ‘selected arm’ 388 (98%) 406 (98%) 794 (98%)
BP measurement according to protocol at baseline visits 375 (95%) 384 (93%) 759 (94%)
Follow-up measurement ‘Usual’ BP group (n = 3283) ‘Intensive’ BP group (n = 3557) All (N = 6840)
Measurement made beyond 3 h of intake of antihypertensive medications 2908 (89%) 3150 (89%) 5804 (89%)
BP measured with Colin device 3182 (97%) 3415 (96%) 6597 (96%)
‘Selected arm’ used for measurement 3262 (99%) 3543 (99%) 6805 (99%)
BP measured three times and averaged 3270 (99%) 3537 (99%) 6807 (99%)
BP measurement according to protocol at follow-up visits 2795 (85%) 3009 (85%) 5804 (85%)

BP, blood pressure.