For those surrogate outcomes , low-strength evidence failed to show difference .
In subgroup analysis , high strength evidence supported a lower BP with HBPT that lasted for 6 or 12 months and was accompanied with counselling support from study personnel .
HBPT can improve BP control in the hypertensive patients .
It may be more efficacious when a proactive additional support is provided during the intervention process
To summarise evidence about the effectiveness of home blood pressure telemonitoring ( HBPT )  and identify the key components of intervention .
Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Mortality: A Population-Based Study
The relationship between ambulatory blood pressure and mortality in a general Western population is unknown . Therefore , we conducted this prospect i ve study of a r and om sample of 1700 Danish men and women , aged 41 to 72 years , without major cardiovascular diseases . At baseline , ambulatory blood pressure , office blood pressure , and other risk factors were recorded . After a mean period of 9.5 years , 174 had died : 63 were cardiovascular deaths . In multivariate proportional hazards models , adjusted for other risk factors of significance , the relative risk of cardiovascular mortality ( 95 % confidence interval ) associated with 10 mm Hg increments in systolic and 5 mm Hg increments in diastolic ambulatory blood pressure were 1.51 ( 1.28 to 1.77 ) and 1.43 ( 1.26 to 1.61 ) . The corresponding figures for all cause mortality were 1.18 ( 1.06 to 1.31 ) and 1.18 ( 1.09 to 1.28 ) . The relative risks of cardiovascular mortality were lower for office  blood pressure  , and office blood pressure did not predict all cause mortality . When ambulatory and office blood pressures were entered in the same multivariate models , only the ambulatory blood pressures were significant predictors of all cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality . The relationship between ambulatory blood pressures  and risk of mortality was log-linear , with no indication of a threshold . The absolute risk of mortality was also dependent on age and smoking status , and an upper “ acceptable ” ambulatory blood pressure based on risk of mortality could only be defined when other risk factors were taken into account . In conclusion ,  ambulatory blood pressure  provided prognostic information on mortality above and beyond that of office blood pressure
For those surrogate outcomes , low-strength evidence failed to show difference .
In subgroup analysis , high strength evidence supported a lower BP with HBPT that lasted for 6 or 12 months and was accompanied with counselling support from study personnel .
HBPT can improve BP control in the hypertensive patients .
It may be more efficacious when a proactive additional support is provided during the intervention process
To summarise evidence about the effectiveness of home blood pressure telemonitoring ( HBPT )  and identify the key components of intervention .