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Volume 25, Issue 3-4, December 2019, Pages 145 - 149

Home Blood Pressure Assessment in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Feasibility Study

Authors
Kevin S. Heffernan1, *, Luis Columna1, Laura Prieto1, Patricia Pagan1, Jacob DeBlois1, Alyssa Prawl2, Gianpietro Revolledo1, Natalie Russo2, Tiago V. Barreira1
1Department of Exercise Science, Human Performance Laboratory, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
2Department of Psychology, Center for Autism Research and Electrophysiology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
*Corresponding author. Email: ksheffer@syr.edu
Corresponding Author
Kevin S. Heffernan
Received 17 November 2019, Accepted 20 November 2019, Available Online 2 December 2019.
DOI
10.2991/artres.k.191123.001How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Blood pressure; children; autism spectrum disorder; reliability
Abstract

Introduction: Measurement of Blood Pressure (BP) in children provides insight into future Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk.

Objective: To examine the feasibility and reliability of home BP monitoring in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and compare to office BP measurement.

Methods: Seven day home BP monitoring was completed using an electronic device in 16 children with ASD (mean age 7 ± 3, n = 2 girls) and compared with a single “office” BP measure. Parents were asked to take two measures in the morning and two measures in the early evening.

Results: Eleven parents were able to obtain >75% of measures with eight of those 11 parents obtaining >90% of measures. There were no statistical differences between mean office Systolic BP (SBP) and mean home SBP (mean difference 2 ± 9 mmHg, p = 0.46) or mean office Diastolic BP (DBP) and mean home DBP (mean difference 1 ± 7 mmHg, p = 0.68). The correlation between home and office SBP was r = 0.44 (p = 0.02). The correlation between home and office DBP was r = 0.43 (p = 0.05). Home SBP correlated with age, height and BMI (p < 0.05) while office SBP did not (p > 0.05). Three days with 4 measurements/day was sufficient to achieve reliable home BP measurements (G > 0.8).

Conclusion: Home BP monitoring is feasible in children with ASD, is associated with typical correlates (age, height), and is better associated with obesity status (BMI) than office BP measurement.

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Journal
Artery Research
Volume-Issue
25 - 3-4
Pages
145 - 149
Publication Date
2019/12/02
ISSN (Online)
1876-4401
ISSN (Print)
1872-9312
DOI
10.2991/artres.k.191123.001How to use a DOI?
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© 2019 Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology. Publishing services by Atlantis Press International B.V.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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