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. 2022 Mar 3;37(12):2948–2956. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07400-z

Table 3.

Diagnostic Performance of Clinic, Home, and Kiosk BP Monitoring Compared to Mean Daytime ABPM*,†

Clinic Home Kiosk
N=142 N=152 N=140
Reference test (ABPM) positive for hypertension, % 72.5 70.4 72.1
Sensitivity, % (95% CI) 31.1 (22.9, 40.6) 82.2 (73.8, 88.4) 96.0 (90.0, 98.5)
Specificity, % (95% CI) 79.5 (64.0, 89.4) 53.3 (38.9, 67.2) 28.2 (16.4, 44.1)
Positive predictive value, % (95% CI) 80.0 (64.8, 89.7) 80.7 (72.2, 87.1) 77.6 (69.5, 84.1)
Negative predictive value, % (95% CI) 30.4 (22.3, 40.0) 55.8 (40.9, 69.8) 73.3 (46.7, 89.6)
Positive likelihood ratio (95% CI) 1.51 (0.77, 2.99) 1.76 (1.27, 2.44) 1.34 (1.09, 1.63)
Negative likelihood ratio (95% CI) 0.87 (0.71, 1.07) 0.33 (0.20, 0.54) 0.14 (0.05, 0.41)
True positive (hypertension), n (%) 32 (22.5) 88 (57.9) 97 (69.3)
True negative (normotensive), n (%) 31 (21.8) 24 (15.8) 11 (7.9)
False positive, n (%) 8 (5.6) 21 (13.8) 28 (20.0)
False negative (missed hypertension), n (%) 71 (50.0) 19 (12.5) 4 (2.9)
Correctly classified, % 44.4 73.7 77.1

*Among individuals who had ≥1 diagnostic (clinic, home, kiosk) measurement, and ≥14 daytime ABPM measurements.

Diagnostic thresholds were ≥140 mmHg systolic and/or ≥90 mmHg diastolic for clinic and ≥135 and/or ≥85 mmHg for home, kiosk, and ABPM

Prevalence of hypertension based on ABPM was 71.7% across all groups combined

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; ABPM, ambulatory BP monitoring; CI, confidence interval; mmHg, millimeter of mercury