An assessment of discriminatory power of office blood pressure measurements in predicting optimal ambulatory blood pressure control in people with type 2 diabetes
oleh: Andre Pascal Kengne, Christelle Nong Libend, Anastase Dzudie, Alain Menanga, Mesmin Yefou Dehayem, Samuel Kingue, Eugene Sobngwi
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | The Pan African Medical Journal 2014-10-01 |
Deskripsi
BACKGROUND: ambulatory blood pressure (BP) measurements (ABPM) predict health outcomes better than office BP, and are recommended for assessing BP control, particularly in high-risk patients. We assessed the performance of office BP in predicting optimal ambulatory BP control in sub-Saharan Africans with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). METHODS: participants were a random sample of 51 T2DM patients (25 men) drug-treated for hypertension, receiving care in a referral diabetes clinic in Yaounde, Cameroon. A quality control group included 46 non-diabetic individuals with hypertension. Targets for BP control were systolic (and diastolic) BP=130 (80).