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Error in blood pressure estimation for this cohort stratified by body mass index at the time of calibration (no subjects in this cohort had a body mass index lower than 18.5 kg/m2).
| BMIa, range | Diastolic (mm Hg) | Systolic (mm Hg) | ||
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n | mean (SD) | n | mean (SD) |
| 18.5≤BMI<25.0 | 52 | –0.1 (6.5) | 49 | –1.8 (7.1) |
| 25.0≤BMI<30.0 | 50 | 2.0 (5.4) | 34 | –3.5 (5.8) |
| 30.0≤BMI | 10 | 3.6 (4.4) | 6 | –5.6 (5.3) |
aBMI: body mass index; expressed in kg/m2.
