Interpersonal Difference in Blood Pressure in Stroke Patients

Abstract

The objective of the study was to find a relationship between stroke and interpersonal differences in blood pressure (BP) between both arms. We selected 100 patients with new stroke whom admitted to the hospital or visit the outpatient department, we checked blood pressure in both brachial arteries and we look for significant difference between the left and right arm, the significance of the difference in blood pressure is defined as equal or more than ten-millimeter mercury difference between both arms. There were 49 patients out of 100 patient had a difference in blood pressure which higher than expected in general population which is about 1020%, also it was a high percentage of them had systemic hypertension, smoking had a positive relationship, while the relation of diabetes and the age of the patient had non-significant relationships.