Tables for the selection of correct blood pressure cuff size based on self-reported height and weight and estimating equations for mid-arm circumference: Data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-22

  Ostchega, Y ^a   Dillon, C ^a   Prineas, R J ^b   McDowell, M ^a   Carroll, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure determination; Cuff size; Health survey; Mid arm circumference; NHANES; Prediction equation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644966768     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001919     Document Type: Article

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