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5. TERMS/ABBREVIATIONS
5-1 Terms Related to Blood Pressure
Term/Abbreviation Description
Oscillometric Oscillometric method of blood pressure
measurement.
Korotkoff Korotkoff method of blood pressure
measurement.
SYSTOLIC, SYS, SBP
(Systolic Blood Pressure)
Blood pressure that occurs when the heart
contracts.
DIASTOLIC, DIA, DBP
(Diastolic Blood Pressure)
Blood pressure that occurs when the heart
expands.
MAP (Mean Arterial Blood Pressure)
Mean blood pressure obtained by the
equation below.
MAP=DIA+(SYS-DIA)/3
PULSE, PUL (Pulse Rate)
Number of pulses per minute.
DP (Double Product)
Oxygen consumption by the heart muscles
obtained by the equation below.
DP=SYS∗PUL/100
5-2 Terms Related to Statistics
Term/Abbreviation Description
MEAN, AV, m Arithmetic mean value of the sampled data.
MAX Maximum value in the sampled data.
MIN Minimum value in the sampled data
Hourly Average Arithmetic mean value of the data sampled
in one hour.
SD, S’ (Standard Deviation) Obtained by the equation below.
About the samples (X
1
, X
2
, ...X
n
),
where n is number of samples and X is
arithmetic mean value.
SE (Standard Error) Obtained by the equation below.
About the samples (X
1
, X
2
, ...X
n
),
Indicates standard deviation of the mean
error to the real values in the population.
CV (Coefficient of Variation) Obtained by the equation below.
CV=SD/mean [%]
CORRELATION Indicates the degree to which the variables
are related.
Continued