Table 1.

Participants screened, excluded, and recruited for the study.

Reason for exclusion			Excluded, n		Total, n
Participants screened					105
Participants excluded					43
	Ranges completea	34
	Range adjustment	0
	Arrhythmias	0
	Device failure	0
	Poor quality sounds	0
	Cuff size unavailable	0
	Observer disagreementb	5
	Distributionc	0
	Other reasonsc	4
Participants recruited					62

^aIntake assessment placed them in ranges that had already been filled. The ESH-IP2 requires that the last participants to be recruited are the ones who are excluded.

^bDiscrepancy >4 mmHg twice for the same participant; therefore, these participants were, in accordance with the ESH-IP2, excluded from the study.

^cAge <25 years or older, as required by the ESH-IP2.