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Comparison of patients based on the BP categorization by two different instruments
| Automated BP device | Mercury-free LED BP Device | Validity measures | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertensive | Non Hypertensive | Total | |||
| Hypertensive | 57 | 19 | 76 | Sensitivity=96.61%. Specificity=92.21%, PPV=75%, NPV=99%, Accuracy=93%, Kappa statistics=0.80 |
|
| Nonhypertensive | 2 | 222 | 224 | ||
| Total | 59 | 241 | 300 | ||
