DOI: 10.1111/jch.12982
C O M M E N TA RY
The interarm blood pressure difference: Do we know enough yet? Christopher E. Clark PhD, FRCP, FRCGP Primary Care Research Group, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, Devon, UK Correspondence Christopher E. Clark, PhD, FRCP, FRCGP, Primary Care Research Group, University of Exeter Medical School Smeall Building, Magdalen Rd, Exeter, Devon, UK. EX1 2LU Email:
[email protected] Funding information CEC is supported by a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Lectureship award. The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the NIHR, the National Health Service, or the Department of Health.
The difference in blood pressures between arms was first described
studies associating IAD with peripheral arterial disease and/or a re-
in 1900.1 Since 2001–2002, when we hypothesized that interarm dif-
duced ABI, with a relative risk of 3.3 (95% confidence interval, 2.1–5.2)
ference (IAD) was associated with peripheral arterial disease and then
for ABI
