PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Research Group of the East of Ireland Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Department of Community Health, University of Dublin
AU  - James S. McCormick
TI  - General practitioners' perception of hypertension
DP  - 1982 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 440--441
VI  - 32
IP  - 240
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/32/240/440.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/32/240/440.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1982 Jul 01; 32
AB  - As part of a study to determine the prevalence of microscopic haematuria in hypertensive patients, 12 doctors were asked to record pre-treatment levels of blood pressure. Analysis of 163 recordings of systolic and 192 recordings of diastolic pressure demonstrated: marked zero preference; point V, the point of disappearance of sounds, as the more commonly used diastolic end point; and marked clustering of diastolic readings at 110 mmHg. The last finding suggests that this reading accompanies the decision to treat.