Arm circumference in adults in Poland as an important factor influencing the accuracy of blood pressure readings

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-77

  Zdrojewski, Tomasz ^a   Kozicka Ka̧kol, Kinga ^a   Chwojnicki, Kamil ^a   Szpakowski, Paweł ^a   Konarski, Roman ^b   Wyrzykowski, Bogdan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arm circumference; Arterial hypertension; Blood pressure measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SAMPLE SIZE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 17844368107     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200504000-00004     Document Type: Article

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