Appendix table 1
Study Cut
off* N* Age
§ Female
† HTN
† DM
† BMI
§ Smoking
† Dyslipidemia
† IASBPD
† Setting Clark 2009
UK 10 101 66 41 100 29.9 64.4 10 Outpatient
Clark 2007
UK 10 94 69.6 57.89 100 10 29.1 59 19 Outpatient
Poon 2008 UK
10 5435 31.9 100 0.8 0.9 25.1 8.9 8.3 Outpatient
Aboyans 07
US cohort A 15 505 68.5 21.9 52.3 30.9 27.3 21.2 5.2 Outpatient
Aboyans 07
US cohort C 15 611 66.4 54.8 7.2 3.6 24.8 1.6 6.9 Outpatient
Sun 2014 10 414 61.3 51.7 100 10.5 Outpatient
Lohmann 2011 Taiwan
20 118 59 44 76 9 27 17 5 Outpatient
Lohmann 2011 Taiwan
10 118 59 44 76 9 27 17 10 Outpatient
Su Taiwan
2012 10 1120 60.8 43.2 68.9 27.6 26 15.1 7.14 Outpatient
Sheng 2013
China 10 3133 68.95 53.88 9.1 8.65 23.62 24.2 6.39 Community
Orme 1999
UK 10 462 53.9 34.94 8.2 Hospital
Mendelson
2004 US 10 528 66.61 79 14 Hospital
Mehlsen 2014 Denmark 1
10 824 72 54.98 59.59 0 7.32 Outpatient
Mehlsen 2014 Denmark 2
15 824 72 54.98 59.59 0 3.56 Outpatient
Mehlsen 2014 Denmark 3
20 824 72 54.98 59.59 0 2.72 Outpatient
Lobato
2001 USA 20 86 65 0 67 33 6.98 Hospital
Lane 2002 UK 1
10 400 56.3 50 86 60 20 Hospital
Lane 2002
UK 2 20 400 56.3 50 86 60 3.6 Hospital
Singer 1996
USA 1 10 300 35 38.7 Emergency
Room Singer 1996
USA 2
20 300 35 11.6 Emergency
Room Fotherby
1993 UK 1 10 40 74 65 10 Hospital
Fotherby
1993 UK 2 10 40 31 80 3 Outpatient
Gould et al 1985 UK
10 91 50 33 100 8 Outpatient
Harrison
1960 USA 10 447 48 41 70.7 5.3 Outpatient
Kimura
2004 Japan 10 1090 62.4 64.4 50.1 7.1 24 14.1 17.1 9.1 Community
Appendix table 1 (continued.)
Study Cut*
off N* Age
§ Female
† HTN
† DM
† BMI
§ Smoking
† Dyslipidemia
† IASBPD
† Setting
Karagiannis
2005Greece 10 384 54 50.8 35.9 14.8 44.5 3.4 Hospital
Igarashi
2007 Japan 15 386 65 61.44 56.73 37.82 41.19 62.44 7 Outpatient
F-Reyes Mexico 2012
10 191 53.7 50.79 41.88 15.7 Outpatient
Hoeven 2013 Netherlands 1
10 240 52 55 54.75 17.75 26.28 18.75 18.5 18 Hospital
Hoeven 2013 Netherlands 2
15 240 52 55 54.75 17.75 26.28 18.75 18.5 8 Hospital
Hoeven 2013 Netherlands 3
20 240 52 55 54.75 17.75 26.28 18.75 18.5 4 Hospital
Canepa
2013 USA 10 1045 66 49 47 19 27 45 74 6.1 Community
Grossman 2014 Israel
10 364 85 56 78 37 24 58 13.9 Hospital
Eguchi 2007
USA 10 147 57.6 51.7 89.7 12.4 27.4 14.5 Outpatient
Johansson 2014 Finland
10 484 49.7 52.27 33.5 4.6 26.6 63.8 10.1 Community
Clark 2014
UK 1 10 514 64.76 40.1 89 29.1 70.6 8.6 Outpatient
Clark 2014
UK 2 15 514 64.76 40.1 89 29.1 70.6 2.5 Outpatient
N= Number of participants in the study; HTN= Hypertension; DM=Diabetes; BMI= Body Mass Index; IASBPD= Inter-arm systolic blood pressure difference; Missing values represent unreported data.
* Whole numbers; § means; † percentage data
