title: Lifestyle monitoring with the use of an earphone-type thermometer, an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and a new wristwatch-type pulsimeter with accelerometer.
abstract: We investigated the relationship among 24-h blood pressure (BP), pulse rate (PR) and core temperature by using an ambulatory BP monitoring, a new wristwatch-type pulsimeter with accelerometer (WPA) and an ear thermometer simultaneously. Our results suggest that the ear temperature which reflects the core body temperature was lowest at base PR during sleep and 75% of normotensives and 54% of subjects without hypertensive medication had a significant correlation between BP and PR. Diabetic subjects showed a significantly higher PR during sleep than non-diabetic subjects. Three types of equipments, especially a new WPA, are expected to be useful for daily lifestyle monitoring to evaluate risk of complications of hypertension and diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health and.
authors.forename: Kanako
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamasue
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tochikubo
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terauchi
authors.forename: Shunsaku
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizushima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D013821:Thermometers; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents