Table 1 Summary of relevant variables collected from the TIME study online form.
From: Factors influencing home blood pressure monitor ownership in a large clinical trial
Relevant variables collected in online form | Remarks |
|---|---|
Selection from down menu or check-box | |
Date of birth | – |
Gender | Options: Male, female |
Smoking status | Options: current smoker; ex-smoker; non-smoker, unknown |
Co-morbidities | Options: detailed in Methods |
Prescription of lipid lowering medication | Options: yes; no, unknown |
Number of anti-hypertensive medications | Numeric options provided |
Parents history of hypertension | Options: yes; no, unknown |
Siblings/children history of hypertension | Options: yes; no, unknown |
CV eventa in 1st degree relative age <60 | Options: yes; no, unknown |
CV event in 2nd degree relative age <50 | Options: yes; no, unknown |
Ownership of HBPM | Options: yes; no |
Free-text/string entry | |
Height (m) | BMI derived from height and weight. |
Weight (kg) | |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | Baseline self-reported blood pressure reading. |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | |
Residential postal-codeb | Individual index of multiple deprivation (IMD) decile scores were derived from their residential postal codes using the respective national guidance on deprivation scoring: |
—Scotland (https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/SIMD) | |
—Wales (https://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/welsh-index-multiple-deprivation) | |
—Northern Ireland (https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/deprivation/northern-ireland-multiple-deprivation-measure-2017-nimdm2017) | |
