Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients attending a specialist blood pressure (BP) clinic where clinic BP was provided by the referring doctor and automated unobserved office BP and ambulatory BP measurement was undertaken at the first clinic visit (n = 226)
Variable | Mean ± SD or n (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 59 ± 15 |
Female (% yes) | 130 (58) |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 30.6 ± 6.2 |
Current smoker (% yes) | 25 (11) |
Diabetes (% yes) | 28 (12) |
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.2 ± 1.1 |
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.5 ± 0.4 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | |
Clinic-BP | 157 ± 19 |
Unobserved-AOBP | 139 ± 16 |
24-h ABPM | 135 ± 12 |
Day ABPM | 139 ± 12 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | |
Clinic-BP | 90 ± 12 |
Unobserved-AOBP | 86 ± 11 |
Day ABPM | 85 ± 10 |
24-h ABPM | 82 ± 9 |
Hypertension categories | |
Normotension n (%) | 5 (2) |
Sustained hypertension n (%) | 156 (69) |
White coat hypertension n (%) | 46 (20) |
Medications (%) | |
Antihypertensive | 164 (73) |
Statins | 63 (28) |
Time from referral to BP clinic assessment (days) | 9 ± 17 |
