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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2017 Dec 11;71(2):326–335. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.10295

Table 2. Validation Studies of Home Devices.

Device First Author (Year) Protocol(s) Population (N) BHS Grade (SBP/DBP) ESH Grade (SBP/DBP) AAMI Grade (SBP/DBP) Violations
Pub Adj Pub Adj Pub Adj Major Minor
Microlife 3BTO-A Nouwen (2012) ESH 02 Additional: BHS 93$ Hypertensive preeclampsia (N=33) B/B B/B (BHS 93) C/C (BHS 90) F/F F/F - - none A, SBP, DBP
Reinders (2005) BHS 93 Additional: AAMI Pregnancy (N=105) A/B A/B - - P/P P/P none Circ
Normotensive (N=35) A/B A/B - - P/P P/P none Circ
Hypertensive (N=35) B/B B/B - - P/P P/P none Circ
Preeclampsia (N=35) A/B A/B - - P/P P/P none Circ
Microlife WatchBP Home Chung (2009) BHS 93 Additional: AAMI Pregnancy (N=30) A/A A/A - - P/P P/P none none
Preeclampsia (N=15) B/A B/A - - P/P P/P none N, Comp
Omron HEM 705 CP Brown (1998) Non-standard Pregnancy (N=50) - - - - - - - -
Gupta (1997) BHS 93 Additional: AAMI Pregnant w/o preeclampsia (N=85) B/B B/B - - F/F F/F none Circ, SBP, DBP
Preeclampsia (N=42) C/D C/D - - F/F F/F none Circ, SBP, DBP
Lo (2002) Non-standard Healthy pregnancy (N=101) - - - - - - - -
Preeclampsia (N=45) - - - - - - - -
Omron-M7 De Greeff (2009) BHS 93 Additional: AAMI Pregnancy & preeclampsia (N=45) A/A A/A - - P/P P/P none Circ ^
Normotensive (N=30) A/A A/A - - P/P P/P none Circ ^
Preeclampsia (N=15) B/B B/B - - P/P F/P N, Comp Circ ^
Nouwen (2012) ESH 02 Additional: BHS 93$ Hypertensive preeclampsia (N=33) B/A B/A (BHS 93) C/B (BHS 90) F/P F/P - - none A, SBP, DBP
Omron-MIT De Greeff (2009) BHS 93 Additional: AAMI Pregnancy & preeclampsia (N=45) A/A A/A - - P/P P/P none none
Normotensive (N=30) A/A A/A - - P/P P/P none none
Preeclampsia (N=15) A/A A/A - - P/P P/P N, Comp none
Omron-MIT Elite Chung (2012) BHS 93 Additional: AAMI Pregnancy & preeclampsia (N=45) A/A A/A - - P/P P/P none SBP, DBP
Normotensive (N=30) A/A A/A - - P/P P/P none none
Preeclampsia (N=15) A/A A/A - - P/P P/P none N, Comp
James (2017)† BHS 93 Pregnancy with arm circumference >= 32 cm (N=46) D/D C/D - - - - none none
Omron T9P Brown (2011) BHS 90 Additional: AAMI Pregnancy (N=85) A/A* A/A (BHS 93) B/B (BHS 90) - - P/P P/P G* SBP, DBP
Takeda UA-751 Brown (1991) Non-standard Pregnancy (N=79) - - - - - - - -
Withings BP-800 Hay (2016) BHS 93 Normotensive, hypertensive, and preeclampsia (N=47) C/B C/B - - - - none none

Note: When more than one protocol is listed, the first protocol is the methodology followed for the validation study and additional protocols are listed when their grading criteria were applied to the data.

Individual studies are indicated by bold type in the population column. Shaded rows indicate studies that passed the primary protocol.

authors state device can be used for home or clinical use; †authors do not specify device type, so prior authors' designation followed (data is also found in Table 3).

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Protocol Modification: BHS 90 protocol cited in references, but BHS 93 grading was used.

*

Protocol Modification: BHS 90 protocol was followed, but BHS 93 grading was used.

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two devices were tested MIT can only accommodate an arm circumference of 22-32 cm M7 can accommodate up to 42cm. Only women with an arm circumference 22-32 cm were included.

Abbreviations: Pub= published grade; Adj= adjudicated grade; A= age, T=trimester, SBP= systolic blood pressure range, DBP= diastolic blood pressure range, Circ= arm circumference, N= number of participants, Comp= number of BP comparisons, Timing= Device v. Mercury simultaneous/sequential, Obs= observer measurementssimultaneous/sequential, G= final grade; NR= not reported; NG= not able to adjudicate a grade.