HypertensionCross-sectional study
Blood Pressure Measurements From Self-Service Health Kiosks in US Retail Stores, 2017-2024
- Serial cross-sectional study
- convenience sample
- self-service health kiosks at retail locations
- Conducted November 2017 to September 2024
Authors' conclusion
In this cross-sectional analysis of a convenience sample of US adults who measured their BP at self-service kiosks at national retail stores, results reveal that frequency of self-report of hypertension and elevated BP measurements was high.
Study context
- Population
- Adult users of self-service health kiosks at US retail locations (1892 counties, 49 states and DC), 2017–2024analytic sample
- Participants
- 1,270,485 users
- Outcome
- Prevalence of high BP (self-reported hypertension diagnosis or SBP ≥140 mm Hg or DBP ≥90 mm Hg)
- Follow-up
- 2-year periods, 2017-2018 to 2023-2024
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
High blood pressure (BP) prevalence, 2017 to 2018
50.0% (95% CI 49.7%-50.2%)
High BP prevalence, 2023 to 2024
47.6% (95% CI 47.4%-47.8%)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
High BP prevalence by race and ethnicity (subgroup) · 2023 to 2024
- Non-Hispanic Black (95% CI 55.1%-56.0%); highest across all periods
- 55.6%
- Non-Hispanic White
- 50.4% (95% CI 50.1%-50.7%)
- Hispanic
- 41.0% (95% CI 40.7%-41.4%)
High BP prevalence, age >65 years and rural adults (subgroups) · 2017-2018
- Age >65 years
- 71.9% (95% CI 71.3%-72.6%)
- Rural adults
- 51.2% (95% CI 50.6%-51.8%)
- higher prevalence across all periods
Self-reported hypertension diagnosis
- 2017 to 2018
- 34.7% (95% CI 34.4%-34.9%)
- 2023 to 2024
- 35.9% (95% CI 35.7%-36.1%)
SBP ≥140 mm Hg or DBP ≥90 mm Hg among those reporting a hypertension diagnosis
- 2017 to 2018
- 32.1% (95% CI 31.7%-32.5%)
- 2023 to 2024
- 28.1% (95% CI 27.8%-28.3%)
Original publication
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it