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Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure in men and women aged 17 to 80 years: the Allied Irish Bank Study

1991; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 9; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00004872-199104000-00007

1473-5598

Eoin O Brien, J. Thomas Murphy, Anne Tyndall, Neil Atkins, F insia Mee, Gerry McCarthy, Jan A. Staessen, John P. Cox, Kevin O Malley,

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In order to determine reference values for ambulatory blood pressure, a sample of 815 healthy bank employees (399 men and 416 women), aged 17-79 years, were investigated. Ambulatory blood pressure was recorded over 24 h, taking measurements at 30-min intervals. Blood pressure was also measured by trained observers in the clinic. Ambulatory blood pressure in the 815 subjects averaged 118/72 mmHg over 24 h, 124/78 mmHg during the day (1000-2259 h) and 106/61 mmHg at night (0100-0659 h). Office blood pressure, measured by an observer, was 4/2 mmHg lower (P<0.0001) than daytime ambulatory pressure. The 95th centiles for the daytime ambulatory pressure in men were: 114/88 mmHg for the age group 17-29 years (n=107); 143/91 mmHg from 30-39 years (n=123); 150/98 mmHg from 40-49 years (n=109); and 155/103 mmHg in 50-79 year old men (n=60); for the corresponding age groups in women, the 95th centiles of the daytime pressure were: 131/83 mmHg (n=174); 132/85 mmHg (n=149); 150/94 mmHg (n=55); and 177/97 mmHg (n=38).