Table 4. Blood pressure measurement procedures

Quality Assessment of Data on Blood Pressure in the WHO MONICA Project

**Table 4.** Blood pressure measurement procedures (see Section 5)
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Measurements on each subject
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Number	Used for MONICA
AUS-NEWa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
AUS-PERa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
AUS-PERb	Mid Fin	before before	ir ir	sitting sitting	right right	2 2	ir ir
BEL-CHAa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
BEL-GHEa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
BEL-LUXa	Ini	after	.	recumbent	left	5	.
CAN-HALa	Ini Fin	varies varies	. .	sitting sitting	right right	3 3	1^st, 3^rd1^st, 3^rd
CHN-BEIa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
CZE-CZEa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Measurements on each subject
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Number	Used for MONICA
DEN-GLOa	Ini Mid Fin	after after after	10 min 10 min 10 min	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	4 6 6	1^st, 2^nd 3^rd, 4^th 3^rd, 4^th
FIN-KUOa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
FIN-NKAa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
FIN-TULa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
FRA-LILa	Ini Fin	after after	20 min 40 min	sitting sitting	right right	2 2	ir ir
FRA-STRa	Ini Fin	before after	ir 40 min	sitting sitting	right right	2 2	ir ir
FRA-TOUa	Ini Mid Fin	after after after	15 min 15 min 15 min	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 4 4	ir 1^st, 2^nd 1^st, 2^nd
GER-AURa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	3 3 3	1^st, 2^nd 1^st, 2^nd 1^st, 2^nd
GER-AUUa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	3 3 3	1^st, 2^nd 1^st, 2^nd 1^st, 2^nd
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Measurements on each subject
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Number	Used for MONICA
GER-BERa	Ini Mid	before before	ir ir	sitting sitting	right right	2 2	ir ir
GER-BREa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
GER-BREb	Mid Fin	before before	ir ir	sitting sitting	right right	2 2	ir ir
GER-COTa	Ini Mid	before before	ir ir	sitting sitting	right right	2 2	ir ir
GER-EGEb	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
GER-ERFa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
GER-HACa	Ini Mid	before before	ir ir	sitting sitting	right right	2 2	ir ir
GER-KMSa	Ini Mid	before before	ir ir	sitting sitting	right right	2 2	ir ir
GER-RDMa	Ini	before	ir	sitting	right	2	ir
GER-RHNa	Ini	before	ir	sitting	right	2	ir
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Measurements on each subject
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Number	Used for MONICA
HUN-BUDa	Ini Mid	before before	ir ir	sitting sitting	right right	2 2	ir ir
HUN-PECa	Ini Mid	before before	ir ir	sitting sitting	left left	2 2	ir ir
ICE-ICEa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	randomly randomly randomly	2 2 2	ir ir ir
ISR-TELa	Ini	.	.	.	.	.	.
ITA-BRIa	Ini Mid Fin	after after after	60 min 60 min 60 min	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
ITA-FRIa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
ITA-LATa	Ini	after	60 min	sitting	right	2	ir
LTU-KAUa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
MLT-MLTa	Ini	.	.	.	.	.	.
NEZ-AUCa	Ini Fin	before before	ir ir	sitting sitting	right right	2 2	ir ir
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Measurements on each subject
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Number	Used for MONICA
POL-TARa	Ini Mid Fin	after after after	60 min 60 min 60 min	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	8 2 2	1^st, 2^nd ir ir
POL-WARa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
ROM-BUCa	Ini	.	.	.	.	.	.
RUS-MOCa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
RUS-MOIa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
RUS-MOIb	Ini	before	ir	sitting	right	2	ir
RUS-NOCa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
RUS-NOCb	Ini	before	ir	sitting	right	2	ir
RUS-NOI	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 3	ir ir 1^st, 2^nd
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Measurements on each subject
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Number	Used for MONICA
SPA-CATa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 4 4	ir 1^st, 2^nd 1^st, 2^nd
SWE-GOTa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	1 2 2	ir ir ir
SWE-NSWa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
SWI-TICa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
SWI-VAFa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
UNK-BELa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
UNK-GLAa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
USA-STAa	Ini Mid Fin	before before before	ir ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	5 5 5	2^nd, 3^rd2^nd, 3^rd2^nd, 3^rd
YUG-NOSa	Ini Mid Fin	after before before	60 min ir ir	sitting sitting sitting	right right right	2 2 2	ir ir ir
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Measurements on each subject
RUA	Survey	BP measurement before or after venipuncture	If after, minimum time between	Posture of subject during measurement	Arm used	Number	Used for MONICA

ir: irrelevant
. : missing data