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Blood Pressure

Blood pressure (section: physical state) was measured in all Lifelines participants aged 8 years and older during:

Blood pressure was measured with the participant seated. The size of the cuff was chosen according to the arm circumference of the participant. For systolic and diastolic blood pressure, the average of the final three readings was recorded.

Device

At 1A and 2A, blood pressure was measured automatically using the DinaMap PRO100 or DinaMap PRO100V2 critikon-dinamap-pro-op-manual.pdf.

At 3A, blood pressure was measured automatically using the ABPM 7100.

Contra-indications

Blood pressure was not taken in case of:

Protocol

Calculation of average blood pressure

For assessment 1A, the average systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were calculated according to the following protocol. The calculation method per participant can be found in variable 'bpavg_calculation_all_m_v1'

If Then
the difference between the two last successive SBP/DBP measurements is ≤ 15 mmHg calculate the mean SBP/DBP by taking the average of the two last successive blood pressures
the difference between the two last successive SBP/DBP measurements is > 15 mmHg the average SBP/DBP is calculated by taking the average of the last and the previous measurements. For example if measurement 9 and 10 differs more than 15 mgHg, the average is taken from measurement 8 and 10
there are no two successive SBP/DBP measurements with a difference ≤ 15 mmHg, but there are at least two measurements with a difference ≤ 15 mmHg mean SBP/DBP is calculated using all available measurements
there are only two SBP/DBP measurements, but the difference is > 15 mmHg the last measurement is regarded as the mean SBP/DBP
there is only one SBP/DBP measurement the measurement is regarded as the mean SBP/DBP
none of the above the mean SBP/DBP is reviewed and calculated manually by the medical professional (visual inspection of data)

For assessment 2A, the average systolic and diastolic blood pressures were calculated using the second and third successful measurement. If the second and/or third measurement was not successful, the last successful measurement (out of a maximum of six) was used as the average value (note that occurred in very few cases). The calculation method per participant can be found in variable 'bpavg_calculation_all_m_v2'

ATTENTION: For assessment 3A, blood pressure data is currently on hold due to an error in the data processing. The problem is being fixed and quality controlled data will become available again soon.

Variables

The following variables were measured:

Label (ENG) Label (NL) Code Variable Assessment Age
Left or right arm? Linker of rechterarm? bp_arm_all_m_1 arm 3A 8+
type of cuff used type bloeddrukband bp_bandsize_all_m_1 cuff 1A 2A 3A 8+
type of input results manier van invoer bloeddrukwaarden bp_entrytype_all_m_1 bpinput 1A 2A 8+
mean average pressure (mmhg) gemiddelde arteriële druk (mmhg) bpavg_arterial_all_m_1 map 1A 2A 8+
calculate method bereken methode bpavg_calculation_all_m_v1 avgtype 1A 8+
calculate method bereken methode bpavg_calculation_all_m_v2 avgtype_2 2A 8+
diastolic blood pressure (mmhg) diastolische druk (mmhg) bpavg_diastolic_all_m_1 dbp 1A 2A 8+
pulse rate in beats per minute polsfrequentie in slagen per minuut bpavg_pulse_all_m_1 hbf 1A 2A 8+
systolic blood pressure (mmhg) systolische druk (mmhg) bpavg_systolic_all_m_1 sbp 1A 2A 8+
mean average pressure in mm hg, individual measurement (1-3) gemiddelde arteriële druk (mmhg), individuele meting (1-3) bpraw_arterial_m_1_01-03 1-3_map 1A 2A 3A 8+
mean average pressure in mm hg, individual measurement (4-6) gemiddelde arteriële druk (mmhg), individuele meting (4-6) bpraw_arterial_m_1_04-06 4-6_map 1A 2A 8+
mean average pressure in mm hg, individual measurement (7-10) gemiddelde arteriële druk (mmhg), individuele meting (7-10) bpraw_arterial_m_1_07-10 7-10_map 1A 8+
diastolic blood pressure in mm hg, individual measurement (1-3) diastolische druk (mmhg), individuele meting (1-3) bpraw_diastolic_m_1_01-03 1-3_dbp 1A 2A 3A 8+
diastolic blood pressure in mm hg, individual measurement (4-6) diastolische druk (mmhg), individuele meting (4-6) bpraw_diastolic_m_1_04-06 4-6_dbp 1A 2A 8+
diastolic blood pressure in mm hg, individual measurement (7-10) diastolische druk (mmhg), individuele meting (7-10) bpraw_diastolic_m_1_07-10 7-10_dbp 1A 8+
pulse rate in beats per minute, individual measurement (1-3) polsfrequentie in slagen per minuut, individuele meting (1-3) bpraw_pulse_m_1_01-03 1-3_hbf 1A 2A 3A 8+
pulse rate in beats per minute, individual measurement (4-6) polsfrequentie in slagen per minuut, individuele meting (4-6) bpraw_pulse_m_1_04-06 4-6_hbf 1A 2A 8+
pulse rate in beats per minute, individual measurement (7-10) polsfrequentie in slagen per minuut, individuele meting (7-10) bpraw_pulse_m_1_07-10 7-10_hbf 1A 8+
systolic blood pressure in mm hg, individual measurement (1-3) systolische druk (mmhg), individuele meting (1-3) bpraw_systolic_m_1_01-03 1-3_sbp 1A 2A 3A 8+
systolic blood pressure in mm hg, individual measurement (4-6) systolische druk (mmhg), individuele meting (4-6) bpraw_systolic_m_1_04-06 4-6_sbp 1A 2A 8+
systolic blood pressure in mm hg, individual measurement (7-10) systolische druk (mmhg), individuele meting (7-10) bpraw_systolic_m_1_07-10 7-10_sbp 1A 8+