Are blood pressure levels taken during a secondary care diabetic clinic likely to be higher than when measured in primary care?
Blood pressure management guidelines are widely available. Our aim was to examine differences in blood pressure on the same subjects in primary and secondary care. We identified 661 diabetic subjects with measurements with the aid of the SAIL databank. Blood pressure in primary care was significantly lower than secondary care.
Brooks
Caroline J
CJ
HIRU (Health Information Research Unit), Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK. C.Brooks@Swansea.ac.uk
Tang
Ting S
TS
Ford
David V
DV
Lyons
Ronan A
RA
Price
David E
DE
Bain
Stephen C
SC
Stephens
Jeffrey W
JW
D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D001794:Blood Pressure; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity