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Table 1 BP definitions, per European Society of Hypertension

From: Ambulatory monitoring demonstrates an acute association between cookstove-related carbon monoxide and blood pressure in a Ghanaian cohort

HBPM

Hypertension

Mean SBP ≥ 135 mmHg or mean DBP ≥ 85

ABPM

Hypertension

Mean 24 h SBP ≥ 130 mmHg or mean 24 h DBP ≥ 80 mmHg

Awake ambulatory hypertension

Mean awake SBP ≥ 135 mmHg or mean awake DBP ≥ 85 mmHg

Nocturnal hypertension

Mean asleep SBP ≥ 120 mmHg or mean asleep DBP ≥ 70 mmHg

Non-dipping pattern

Mean asleep SBP ≤ 10% lower than mean awake SBP