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End-digits of systolic and diastolic BPs taken with nonautomated sphygmomanometers were extracted, and prevalence of EDP for zero was calculated. Associations between EDP and selected patient characteristics were determined using multiple logistic regressions.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>RESULTS\u2014EDP was highly prevalent in the BP measurements taken by nonphysicians (4,333 BPs; 50% of systolic, 50% of diastolic readings ended in zero; P &amp;lt; 0.001) and physicians (1,347 BPs; 69% of systolic, 64% of diastolic readings ended in zero; P &amp;lt; 0.001). In multivariate analysis, nonphysicians showed greater EDP for systolic BP in older patients (odds ratio [OR] 1.07 per 5 years) and women (OR 1.36 vs. men) and for diastolic BP in African-Americans (OR 1.25 vs. whites; all P &amp;lt; 0.05); physicians showed greater EDP for diastolic BP in less obese patients (OR 0.97 per 5 kg\/m2 increment in BMI; P = 0.02).<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>CONCLUSIONS\u2014Low-quality BP measurement is common in primary care of diabetic adults. Procedural and technological improvements to BP measurement deserve attention as part of an overall strategy to tighten BP control and reduce cardiovascular risk.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2337\/dc07-0020","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,7,28]],"date-time":"2007-07-28T00:04:09Z","timestamp":1185581049000},"page":"1959-1963","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2337\/ada-journal-policies","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["End-Digit Preference and the Quality of Blood Pressure Monitoring in Diabetic Adults"],"prefix":"10.2337","volume":"30","author":[{"given":"Esther S.H.","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"T. 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