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SUBMITTER: Johnson KC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5967644 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johnson Karen C KC Whelton Paul K PK Cushman William C WC Cutler Jeffrey A JA Evans Gregory W GW Snyder Joni K JK Ambrosius Walter T WT Beddhu Srinivasan S Cheung Alfred K AK Fine Lawrence J LJ Lewis Cora E CE Rahman Mahboob M Reboussin David M DM Rocco Michael V MV Oparil Suzanne S Wright Jackson T JT
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 20180312 5
Recent publications have stated that the blood pressure (BP) measurement technique used in SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial) was unattended. However, the SPRINT protocol does not address the issue of attendance. A survey was conducted immediately after SPRINT closeout visits were completed to inquire whether BP measurements were usually attended or unattended by staff. There were 4082 participants at 38 sites that measured BP after leaving the participant alone the entire time ...[more]