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Mean blood pressure values taken by the physician (reading #1) using an automated recorder (BpTRU; VSM MedTech, Ltd, Coquitlam, BC, Canada) and 5 additional readings with patients resting quietly alone in the examining room. Adapted from Myers. 10
