Table 5 Proportion of terminal digits for diastolic blood pressure
From: Challenges in standardization of blood pressure measurement at the population level
Device | Survey | Terminal digit (%) | p-value forχ2-test | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
Mercury sphygmomanometer | A | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0392 |
B | 35 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | <0.0001 | |
C | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0.0317 | |
Omron i-C10 | D | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 0.0122 |
E | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 0.2596 | |
F | 11 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0.4936 | |
Omron M6 | G | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0.7859 |
H | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0.9850 | |
Other Omron models | I | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0.1123 |
J | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0.4148 | |
Other brands | K | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 0.2285 |
L | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0.9030 | |