Study on the Difference of Blood Pressure Between Right and Left Arms

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  • Iwai Jun
    Health and Insurance Section, Nagoya Air Craft Works, Shin Mitsubishi Heavy-Industries

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  • 血圧左右差に関する研究
  • ケツアツ サユウサ ニ カンスル ケンキュウ

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A study on the differences of blood pressure between right and left arm has been performed for 364 workers who aged over 40 years old in a certain of Heavy Industry Plant, here in Nagoya.<br>The results were as follows:<br>1) No remarkable difference of blood pressure between right and left arm of these workers was observed, i.e. there was only 1.7per cent of showing difference in systolic pressure more than 26mmHg (inclussive) between both arms, also 0.7per cent for diastolic pressure.<br>2) Generally, persons who showed difference of blood pressure between both arms were higher in the right arms than left arms.<br>3) No correlation was found in the blood pressure between the grade difference of both arms and the girth of upper arms.<br>4) As a conclusion, it is recommended that the right arms rather left ones be blood-pressure-measured in order to select the hypertensive persons.

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