Abbreviation: SBP, systolic blood pressure. Case processing summary Valid Cases Missing N 32 32 % 71.1 71.1 N 13 13 % 28.9 28.9 Total N 45 45 % 100.0 100.0 only 13% of patients with elevated BP had the appropriate ICD code entered in the medical record. Subsequent analyses were conducted...
diastolic blood pressure, FPG, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and CRP compared to the control group (p< 0.001). Conversely, the elevated uric acid groups had lower levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and eGFR values (p< 0.001). Lifestyle factors such as smoking and alcohol ...
Limitations: We refrained from estimating the willingness to participate in the screen- ing part of the study (i.e., validation of the elevated blood pressure reading) in a small sample prior to the presented feasibility study. In addition, the study results were gener- ated in a large ...