Early Detection of Undiagnosed Hypertension Based on Occupational Screening in the Hotel and Restaurant Industry

Table 2

Changes in hypertension diagnosis by self-monitored home blood pressure measurement (home BPM) compared to 24-hour blood pressure monitoring (24-hour ABPM).

24-hour ABPM		Home BPM		Group differences
	Sample​; ()	Normotensives; ()^1	Hypertensives; ()^2	Test statistics	value	Cramer’s
WORK
Normotensives	30.4	44.2	5.7	χ^2 = 23.9	<.001	.402
Hypertensives	69.6	55.8	94.3
LEISURE
Normotensives	45.9	65.3	11.3	χ^2 = 39.9	<.001	.519
Hypertensives	54.1	34.7	88.7
AWAKE
Normotensives	35.1	51.6	5.7	χ^2 = 31.5	<.001	.461
Hypertensives	64.9	48.4	94.3
SLEEP
Normotensives	76.4	91.6	49.1	χ^2 = 34.1	<.001	.480
Hypertensives	23.6	8.4	50.9
24-hour TOTAL
Normotensives	37.8	54.7	7.5	χ^2 = 32.2	<.001	.500
Hypertensives	62.2	45.3	92.5

Note. : sample; : frequencies in %; χ²: test statistic; significance threshold (two-tailed): , , and ; Cramer’s (correlations 0.1–0.3: weak, 0.4–0.5: medium, and >0.5: strong).