Table 1. Limits of Blood Test Values Used in ToMMo.

From: Urgent Notification Intervention of Home Blood Pressure in Cohort Studies of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project

Test name Normal ranges
CRP (mg/dL) ≤0.30
Hemoglobin (g/dL) Male:  13.5-17.5
Female: 11.5-15.0
Platelet count (104/μL) 14.0-34.0
Leukocyte count (/μL) 3,300-9,000
Abnormal cells Presence of immature blast cells, multiple atypical cells, or more than 30 erythroblasts in 200 nucleated cells
Blood sugar (mg/dL) 70-109
AST (GOT) (IU/L) 10-40
ALT (GPT) (IU/L) 5-45
Creatinine (mg/dL) Male:  0.61-1.04
Female: 0.47-0.79
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) 8.0-20.0
Uric acid (mg/dL) Male:  3.8-7.0
Female: 2.5-7.0
Serum Na (mEq/L) 137-147
Table 2. Summary of Accompanying Abnormal Finding in Health Examination in Participants Receiving Home Blood Pressure Urgent Notification.

From: Urgent Notification Intervention of Home Blood Pressure in Cohort Studies of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project

Renal dysfunction Lipid abnormality Hematological abnormality Liver dysfunction
+ - + - + - + -
Abnormal Blood sugar + (n = 118) 51 67 85 33 17 101 18 100
- (n = 136) 50 86 5 131 25 111 10 126
p-value 0.35761 <0.00012 0.49571 0.071151
Renal dysfunction + (n = 101) 40 61 19 82 12 89
- (n = 153) 50 103 23 130 16 137
p-value 0.31971 0.53471 0.88091
Lipid abnormality + (n = 90) 11 79 13 77
- (n = 164) 31 133 15 149
p-value 0.23241 0.28011
Hematological abnormality + (n = 42) 3 39
- (n = 212) 25 187
p-value 0.58892
Liver dysfunction + (n = 28)
- (n = 226)
p-value
Table 3. Effect of Urgent Notification on the Participants’ Behavior.

From: Urgent Notification Intervention of Home Blood Pressure in Cohort Studies of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project

Response to the questionnaire of all the participants1 No answer
nor response
Total
Under regular treatment Discontinuation of follow-up Lifestyle precaution Doctor’s follow-up w/o medication Never being pointed out
Presurvey
(n = 228)
95
(41.7%)2
15
(6.6%)
39
(17.1%)
24
(10.5%)
55
(24.1%)
26 254
Posturgent notification
(n = 163)
116
(71.2%)
3
(1.8%)
21
(12.9%)
8
(4.9%)
15
(9.2%)
91
Participants who responded to both questionnaires3
Presurvey
(n = 151)
68
(45.0%)4
7
(4.6%)
25
(16.6%)
14
(9.3%)
37
(24.5%)
NA5 151
Posturgent notification
(n = 151)
107
(70.9%)
3
(2.0%)
20
(13.2%)
8
(5.3%)
13
(8.6%)
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