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. 2019 Jan 22;32(4):350–364. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpy185

Table 3.

Effect of discarding the first day of measurement across all types of study (systolic blood pressure)

Study (first author; publication date) Comparator N Using all measurements Omitting measurements from the first day
3 days of home measurement Correlation with ABPM (95% confidence interval)
 Johansson (2010) 24-hour ABPM 464 0.88 (0.86–0.90) 0.89 (0.87–0.91)
 Stergiou (1998) Daytime ABPM 189 0.68 (0.60–0.75) 0.67 (0.58– 0.74)
 Verberk (2006) Daytime ABPM 216 0.60 (0.51–0.68) 0.60 (0.51–0.68)
24-hour ABPM 216 0.66 (0.58–0.73) 0.69 (0.61–0.75)
4 days of home measurement Correlation with ABPM (95% confidence interval)
 Di Monaco (2016) Daytime ABPM 310 0.59 (0.51–0.65) 0.57 (0.49–0.64)
24-hour ABPM 310 0.59 (0.51–0.66) 0.57 (0.49–0.64)
 Stergiou (1998) Daytime ABPM 189 0.70 (0.62–0.77) 0.69 (0.61–0.76)
 Verberk (2006) Daytime ABPM 216 0.62 (0.53–0.70) 0.62 (0.53–0.70)
24-hour ABPM 216 0.68 (0.60–0.75) 0.69 (0.61–0.75)
1 week of home measurementa Correlation with ABPM (95% confidence interval)
 Johansson (2010) 24-hour ABPM 464 0.89 (0.87–0.91) 0.87 (0.85– 0.89)
 Nunan (2015) Daytime ABPM 203 0.67 (0.59–0.74) 0.68 (0.60–0.75)
 Stergiou (1998) Daytime ABPM 189 0.71 (0.63–0.77) 0.71 (0.63–0.77)
 Verberk (2006) Daytime ABPM 216 0.65 (0.57–0.72) 0.65 (0.57–0.72)
24-hour ABPM 216 0.70 (0.62–0.76) 0.71 (0.64–0.77)
1 week of home measurementa Hazard ratio for future CVD (95% confidence interval)
 Niiranen (2011) Future CVD 162b 1.11 (1.06–1.16) 1.11 (1.06–1.16)

Abbreviations: ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure measurement; CVD, cardiovascular disease.

a 1 week refers to 7 days of home measurement, except for Stergiou (1998) where home monitoring was only conducted for 6 days.

b162 CVD events.