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. 2024 Apr;47(4):1042-1050.
doi: 10.1038/s41440-024-01584-z. Epub 2024 Jan 30.

Accuracy of 24 h ambulatory blood pressure recordings for diagnosing high 44 h blood pressure in hemodialysis: a diagnostic test study

Marieta Theodorakopoulou  1 , Areti Georgiou  2 , Fotini Iatridi  2 , Eleni Karkamani  2 , Anastasia Stamatiou  2 , Nikolaos Devrikis  2 , Artemios Karagiannidis  2 , Amalia Baroutidou  2 , Pantelis Sarafidis  2
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Accuracy of 24 h ambulatory blood pressure recordings for diagnosing high 44 h blood pressure in hemodialysis: a diagnostic test study

Marieta Theodorakopoulou et al. Hypertens Res. 2024 Apr.

Abstract

Hypertension is highly prevalent in hemodialysis patients. Ambulatory-BP-monitoring(ABPM) during the 44 h interdialytic interval is recommended for hypertension diagnosis and management in these subjects. This study assessed the diagnostic accuracy of fixed 24 h ABPM recordings with 44 h BP in hemodialysis patients. 242 Greek hemodialysis patients that underwent valid 48 h ABPM(Mobil-O-Graph NG device) were included in the analysis. We used 44 h BP as reference method and tested the accuracy of the following BP metrics: 1st 24 h without HD period (20 h-1st), 1st 24 h including HD period (24 h-1st) and 2nd 24 h(24 h-2nd). All studied metrics showed strong correlations with 44 h SBP/DBP (20 h-1st: r = 0.973/0.978, 24 h-1st: r = 0.964/0.972 and 24 h-2nd: r = 0.978/0.977, respectively). In Bland-Altman analysis, small between-method differences (-1.70, -1.19 and +1.45 mmHg) with good 95% limits-of agreement([-10.83 to 7.43], [-11.12 to 8.74] and [-6.33 to 9.23] mmHg, respectively) for 20 h-1st, 24 h-1st and 24 h-2nd SBP were observed. The sensitivity/specificity and κ-statistic for diagnosing 44 h SBP ≥ 130 mmHg were high for 20 h-1st SBP(87.2%/96.0%, κ-statistic = 0.817), 24 h-1st SBP(88.7%/96.0%, κ-statistic = 0.833) and 24 h-2nd SBP (95.0%/88.1%, κ-statistic = 0.837). Similar observations were made for DBP. In ROC-analyses, all studied BP metrics showed excellent performance with high Area-Under-the- Curve values (20 h-1st: 0.983/0.992; 24 h-1st: 0.984/0.987 and 24 h-2nd: 0.982/0.989 for SBP/DBP respectively). Fixed 24 h ABPM recordings during either the first or the second day of interdialytic interval have high accuracy and strong agreement with 44 h BP in hemodialysis patients. Thus, ABPM recordings of either the first or the second interdialytic day could be used for hypertension diagnosis and management in these subjects.

Keywords: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Hemodialysis; Hypertension; Interdialytic.

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