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- Table 2.
P-Values for the χ2 Test of Equality of the Proportion of Blood Pressure Ending Digits
Manual Systolic Manual Diastolic Auto Systolic Auto Diastolic Nurse 1 Significant Significant Not Significant Not Significant Nurse 2 Significant Significant Not Significant Not Significant Nurse 3 Significant Significant Not Significant Not Significant Significant, P < .01.
Not Significant, P ≥ .1.
- Table 3.
Significant Blood Pressure Differences and Misclassification of Hypertensive Disease Using JNC-7 Guideline and ACC/AHA 2017 Guidelines
Using JNC-7 Guideline Definition of Hypertension N = 294 Significant lowering Misclassification, pre-hypertension Misclassification, hypertension Patients, n (%) 128 (43.5%) 46 (15.6%) 48 (16.3%) Systolic reading 101 (34.3%) 24 (8.2%) 28 (9.5%) Diastolic reading 75 (25.2%) 27 (9.2%) 24 (8.2%) ACC/AHA 2017 Guideline Definition of Hypertension N = 294 Significant lowering Misclassification, elevated Misclassification, hypertension Patients, n (%) 128 (43.5%) 14 (4.8%) 59 (20.1%) Systolic reading 101 (34.3%) 14 (4.8%) 27 (9.2%) Diastolic reading 75 (25.2%) 0 (0.0%) 41 (16.9%) ACC, American College of Cardiology; AHA, American Heart Association; JNC-7, Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.
