Diagnostic Performance of Unattended Automated Office Blood Pressure Measurement for Hypertension Screening Among People With and Without HIV

More than half of individuals with hypertension on ambulatory BP monitoring, irrespective of their HIV infection status, may be misdiagnosed if unattended AOBP alone is used to screen for hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Journal of the American Heart Association
Published
2025-09-19
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https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.125.043957
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HIV-related health complications and treatments
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Abstract

More than half of individuals with hypertension on ambulatory BP monitoring, irrespective of their HIV infection status, may be misdiagnosed if unattended AOBP alone is used to screen for hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal of the American Heart AssociationVol. 14(19)
University of California, San Francisco (US), Cornell University (US), Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB), Center for Global Health (US), Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (TZ), Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (QA), Weill Cornell Medicine (US), Wellcome Trust (GB)
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