title: [The normal limits of arterial pressure registered with portable methods: an approach to the problem].
abstract: In the present paper the problem of the normalcy limits of whole-day ambulatory blood pressure has been faced by evaluating the difference between casual and ambulatory blood pressure in a population of 522 subjects with blood pressure values covering the whole blood pressure range. On the basis of the casual blood pressure levels, 60 subjects were normotensives, 110 borderline hypertensives, 214 mild, 103 moderate and 35 severe hypertensives. The differences between casual and median 24-hour blood pressure averaged 18.4/9.6 mmHg. The difference between casual and median day-time was 14.2/6.7 mmHg. This difference was independent from the ambulatory blood pressure values and unrelated to the sex or age of subjects. The upper normal limits of ambulatory blood pressure were established by subtracting the above differences from the normal limits established by the WHO for casual blood pressure (140/90 mmHg). For 24-hour blood pressure the upper limits were 121.6/80.4 mmHg and for day-time blood pressure these were 125.8/83.3 mmHg. Contrary to previous studies conducted on normotensive populations with this approach the selection of patients based on casual blood pressure is avoided and the WHO normalcy limits are taken into account.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Medica 1, Università di Padova.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palatini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Penzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Racioppa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Businaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berton
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guzzardi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anaclerio
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pessina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values
vernacular_title: Limiti di normalità della pressione arteriosa registrata con metodiche portatili: un approccio al problema.