Use of Anthropometric Indices to Identify Appropriate Cuff Shapes for Blood Pressure Measurement: Normative Data for Adults.

Paolo PalatiniClaudio FaniaAndrea ErmolaoFrancesca BattistaFrancesca Saladini

Published in: American journal of hypertension (2022)

To properly fit the upper arm in patients with obesity cuffs should have a troncoconical shape. This study provides reference data according to arm size.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
electronic health record
big data
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
weight loss
heart rate
weight gain
hypertensive patients
skeletal muscle
high fat diet induced
body mass index
adipose tissue
artificial intelligence
blood glucose