Data analysis of long-term blood pressure monitoring.
Long-term blood pressure monitoring provides a large quantity of data with a wide inter-individual or inter-group variability. The conventional "mean/standard deviation" approach to data analysis is a relatively insensitive instrument for detecting circadian differences in blood pressure profile, mainly because the mean and the variability around the mean are processed separately. The proposed Standardized Systolic and Diastolic Scoring (SSDS) method enhances the analytical possibilities. Preliminary evaluation of the SSDS method using data obtained in an anti-hypertensive drug trial suggests clinical relevance.
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D013997:Time Factors