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Comparative Analysis of Blood Pressure Devices (Aneroid and Digital) and between Different Brands of Glucometers in Detecting Hypertension and Diabetes Patients

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to compare and test the reliability and efficiency of two blood pressure measurements devices, aneroid (BD®) and digital (G-Tech®), and two glucose measurements devices (Accu-Chek Active® and Optium™ Xceed®), in the a preoperative dentistry situation. 
Methods: A sample with 60 patients was evaluated by one calibrated examiner. Blood pressure measurement was performed with both devices (aneroid and digital) with the patient at rest and the arm at the level of the heart, and then, the measurements of capillary blood glucose were performed by two glucometers (Accu-Chek Active® and Optium™ Xceed®). All equipment was properly calibrated and certified by INMETRO. We applied Student’s t test and analysis of the correlation coefficient. 
Results: The medias of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) to the auscultatory method were respectively, 124,50 mmHg and 80,67 mmHg; and to the oscillometric method were 132,80 mmHg and 82,20 mmHg. In relation to capillary glucose, the media were 115,05 mg/dl to Optium™ Xceed® and 107,28 mg/dl to the Accu-Check Active®. There was a statistically significant difference (p less than 0,001) between the methods evaluated. As for correlation, we obtained normal correlation between SBP (r=0,6486) and DBP (r=0,6618) and between the two glucometers (r=0,9621). 
Conclusions: The use of two methods, auscultatory and oscillometric, has show a normal correlation between measurements obtained for SBP and DBP. There was excellent correlation between capillary glucose values, found by the glucometer, Accu-Check Active® (Roche) and Optium™ Xceed® (Abbott).