bp

bp processes and analyzes blood pressure data to extract features and generate visualizations from continuous arterial pressure (AP), home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM), and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) for hypertension and cardiovascular research.


Key Features:

  • Data Processing: Handles diverse blood pressure data formats including continuous arterial pressure (AP), HBPM, and ABPM for preprocessing and standardization.
  • Visualization Tools: Generates graphical representations of blood pressure time series and summary metrics for exploratory and confirmatory analysis.
  • Feature Extraction: Extracts relevant blood pressure features suitable for downstream statistical modeling and machine learning applications.

Scientific Applications:

  • Cardiovascular Research: Enables analysis of blood pressure dynamics and variability in hypertension and other cardiovascular studies.
  • Epidemiological Studies: Supports population-level analyses of blood pressure measurements across AP, HBPM, and ABPM datasets.
  • Clinical Trials: Facilitates processing and feature extraction from monitoring data used in intervention and observational trials.
  • Personalized Medicine: Provides features for individualized blood pressure monitoring and longitudinal assessment.

Methodology:

Performs computational data processing, visualization, and feature extraction and includes six example datasets covering AP, HBPM, and ABPM.

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Details

License:
GPL-3.0
Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
library
Operating Systems:
Mac, Linux, Windows
Programming Languages:
R
Added:
1/20/2023
Last Updated:
11/24/2024

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Publications

Schwenck J, Punjabi NM, Gaynanova I. bp: Blood pressure analysis in R. PLOS ONE. 2022;17(9):e0268934. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0268934. PMID:36083882. PMCID:PMC9462781.

PMID: 36083882
PMCID: PMC9462781
Funding: - Division of Mathematical Sciences: DMS-2044823

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