On 26 May 2001 03:43:06 GMT, Elliot Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>J. Williams <mackeral@remove~this~first~yahoo.com> wrote:
>: On 25 May 2001 19:39:50 GMT, Elliot Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>: wrote:
>
>: do you suppose a person receiving a placebo can actually
>: change his/her diastolic reading?
>
>sure; I raised mine 20 points yesterday just thinking about someone
>misusing statistics. cholesterol is another thing.
>
>just sitting for 3 minutes before testing will lower it
Are you sure you're not thinking about your systolic reading?
Hypertension is diagnosed when the systolic blood pressure is 140 mm
Hg or higher or the diastolic blood pressure is 90 mm Hg or higher.
Most blood pressure readings in the office are taken after the patient
sits down and relaxes for 5-10 minutes and, if found unusual, are
taken again after a second period of rest. Recently, both systolic
and diastolic are used in conjunction to determine hypertension
according to an NIH study in 1999. The former reading, however, is
the more volatile one. Stress, activity, etc. are more noticeable in
the systolic figure. I seriously doubt if someone misusing statistics
could hike your diastolic reading by 20 mm Hg :-)) If so, get
treatment---fast--before you stroke out.
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