ABPM – Reference values

O’Brien E, Murphy J, Tyndall A, Atkins N, Mee F, McCarthy G, Staessen J, O’Malley K. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure in men and women aged 17 to 80 years: the Allied Irish Bank Study. J Hypertens 1991;9:355-360

Staessen J, Bulpitt CJ, Fagard R, Mancia G, O’Brien E, Thijs L, Vincke G, Amery A. Reference values for the ambulatory blood pressure measurement and the blood pressure at home: a population study. J Human Hypertens 1991;5:355-361

Staessen J, Bulpitt CJ, Fagard R, Mancia G, O’Brien E, Thijs L, Vyncke G, Amery A. Reference values for ambulatory blood pressure: a population study. J Hypertens 1991;6 (suppl 6):S320-S321

O’Brien E, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Defining normal ambulatory blood pressure. Am J Hypertens 1993;6 (Suppl 6):S201-S206

Staessen J, O’Brien E, Amery A, Atkins N, Baumgart P, DeCort P, Degaute J-P, Dolenc P, De Gaudemaris R, Enstrom I, Fagard R, Gosse P, Gourley S, Hayashi H, Imai Y, James G, Kawasaki T, Kuschnar E, Kuwayami I, Lindholm L, Liu L, Macor F, Mancia G, McGrath B, Middeke M, Ming J, Omboni S, Otsuka K, Palatini P, Parati GF, Pieper C, Verdecchia P, Zacharaih P, Zhang W. Long Paper. The ambulatory blood pressure in normotensive and hypertensive subjects: results from a large international database. J Hypertens 1994;12(suppl 7):S1-S12.

Staessen J, O’Brien E, Fagard R, Atkins N, Thijs L, Vyncke G, Amery A. A consistent reference frame for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is found in different populations. J Human Hypertens 1994;8:423-431

Thijs L, Staessen J, O’Brien E, Amery A, Atkins N, Baumgart P, DeCort P, Degaute J-P, Dolenc P, De Gaudemaris R, Enstrom I, Fagard R, Gosse P, Gourley S, Hayashi H, Imai Y, James G, Kawasaki T, Kuschnar E, Kuwayami I, Lindholm L, Liu L, Macor F, Mancia G, McGrath B, Middeke M, Ming J, Omboni S, Otsuka K, Palatini P, Parati GF, Pieper C, Verdecchia P, Zacharaih P, Zhang W. The ambulatory blood pressure in normotensive and hypertensive subjects: results from a large international database. Netherlands J Med 1995;46:106-114.

O’Brien E, Staessen J. Normotension and hypertension as defined by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Blood Pressure 1995;4:266-282

O’Brien E, Staessen J. Normotension and hypertension as defined by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. In: Monitorizacion ambulatorie de la presion arterial. Ed. J Ocon-Puyadas, J Mona Macia, JH Perez del Villar. Mosby. Madrid 1996. pp. 155-172.

Staessen J, Bienjaszewski L, O’Brien E, Fagard R. What is normal blood pressure on ambulatory monitoring. J Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1996;11;241-245.

Staessen JA, Bieniaszewski L, O’Brien ET, Fagard R. An epidemiological approach to ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: the Belgian Population study. Blood Pressure Monitoring 1996;1:13-26

Staessen J, O’Brien E, Bieniaszewski L, Imai Y, Thijis L, Fagard R on behalf of the ‘Ad Hoc’ Working Group. The Nocturnal Blood Pressure Fall on Ambulatory Monitoring in a Large International Database. Hypertension 1997;29:30-39.

O’Brien E, Owens P, Staessen J, Imai Y, Kawasaki T, Kuwajima I. What are the normal levels for ambulatory blood pressure measurement? Blood Pressure Monitoring 1998;3:131-132

Staessen J, O’Brien ET. Development of diagnostic thresholds for automated blood pressure measurement in adults. Blood Pressure Monit 1999;4:127-136

O’Sullivan C, Duggan J, Atkins N, O’Brien E. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure in community dwelling elderly men and women, aged 60–102 years. J Hypertens 2003, 21:1641–1647

Thijs L, Hansen TW, Kikuya M,Bjorklund-Bodegard K, Li y, Dolan E, Tikhonoff V, Seidlerova J, Kuznetsova T, Stolarz K, Bianchi M, Richart T, Casigliag E, Malyutina S, Filipovsky J, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Nikitin Y, Ohkubo T, Sandoya E, Wang J, Torp-Pedersen C, Lind L, Ibsen H, Imai Y, Staessen JA, O’Brien E and on behalf of the IDACO Investigators. The International Database of Ambulatory blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDACO): protocol and research perspectives. Blood Press Monit 2007, 12:255–262