TABLE 3.
Reproducibility of the dipper vs non‐dipper classification
Dippers | SBP | DBP | ||||||
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n | % | Agreement (%) | Kappa | n | % | Agreement (%) | Kappa | |
1st recording | 103 | 48.1 | 138 | 64.5 | ||||
2nd recording | 77 | 41.6 | 65.9 | 0.31 | 116 | 62.7 | 68.2 | 0.31 |
3rd recording | 68 | 37.8 | 68.4 | 0.34 | 108 | 60 | 71.8 | 0.41 |
4th recording | 63 | 38.2 | 57.9 | 0.15 | 96 | 58.2 | 63.5 | 0.24 |
Mean | 69 | 34 | 67.3 | 0.34 | 123 | 60.6 | 69.9 | 0.36 |
Abbreviations: DBP, Diastolic blood pressure; SBP, Systolic blood pressure.