5. TERMS/ABBREVIATIONS
5-1 Terms Related to Blood Pressure
Term/Abbreviation | Description |
Oscillometric | Oscillometric method of blood pressure |
| measurement. |
Korotkoff | Korotkoff method of blood pressure |
| measurement. |
SYSTOLIC, SYS, SBP | Blood pressure that occurs when the heart |
(Systolic Blood Pressure) | contracts. |
DIASTOLIC, DIA, DBP | Blood pressure that occurs when the heart |
(Diastolic Blood Pressure) | expands. |
MAP (Mean Arterial Blood Pressure) | Mean blood pressure obtained by the |
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PULSE, PUL (Pulse Rate) | Number of pulses per minute. |
DP (Double Product) | Oxygen consumption by the heart muscles |
| obtained by the equation below. |
| DP=SYS∗ PUL/100 |
5-2 Terms Related to Statistics
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MEAN, AV, m | Arithmetic mean value of the sampled data. | ||||||||||||
MAX | Maximum value in the sampled data. | ||||||||||||
MIN | Minimum value in the sampled data | ||||||||||||
Hourly Average | Arithmetic mean value of the data sampled | ||||||||||||
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SD, S’ (Standard Deviation) | Obtained by the equation below. | ||||||||||||
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SE (Standard Error) | Obtained by the equation below. | ||||||||||||
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CV (Coefficient of Variation) | Obtained by the equation below. | ||||||||||||
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CORRELATION | Indicates the degree to which the variables | ||||||||||||
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