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Published on in Vol 14 (2026)

This is a member publication of King's College London (Jisc)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/73307, first published .
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Terminal Digit Preference and Threshold Avoidance in Digital Blood Pressure Measurements During Pregnancy: Secondary Analysis of Data From the CLIP and PRECISE Cohorts

Terminal Digit Preference and Threshold Avoidance in Digital Blood Pressure Measurements During Pregnancy: Secondary Analysis of Data From the CLIP and PRECISE Cohorts

Peter von Dadelszen   1, 2 , MBChB, DPhil, FRCOG ;   Akshdeep Sandhu   2, 3 , MSc ;   Jeffrey N Bone   2 , PhD ;   Rahat N Qureshi   4 , MBBS, FRCOG ;   Olukayode A Dada   5 , PhD ;   Ashalata A Mallapur   6 , MBBS ;   Marleen Temmerman   7 , MD, PhD ;   Marie-Laure Volvert   1 , PhD ;   Joseph Waiswa   8 , PhD ;   Moses Mukhanya   7 , BCS ;   Hiten D Mistry   1 , PhD ;   Shivaprasad S Goudar   9 , MBBS, MD ;   Hawanatu Jah   10 , MD ;   Angela Koech   7 , MBChB, MMed ;   Charfudin Sacoor   11 , MSc ;   Anifa Vala   11 , BVMS ;   Khatia Munguambe   11 , PhD ;   Anna Roca   10 , PhD ;   Olelekan O Adetoro   5 , MBBS ;   Esperanca Sevene   11 , MD, PhD ;   Marianne Vidler   2, 3 , PhD ;   Mrutyunjaya B Bellad   9 , MBBS, MD ;   John Sotunsa   12 , MBBS, MPH ;   Hannah J Blencowe   8 , MBBS, PhD ;   Zulfiqar A Bhutta   13 , MBBS, PhD ;   Umberto d'Alessandro   10 , MD, PhD ;   John Mark Ansermino   3 , MBBCh, PhD ;   Guy A Dumont   14 , PhD ;   Laura A Magee   1 , MD, MSc, FRCPC ;   CLIP Trials Study Group   15 ;   PRECISE Network   15

1 Department of Women and Children’s Health, School of Life Course and Population Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

3 BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada

4 Centre of Excellence for Women & Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

5 Centre for Research in Reproductive Health, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria

6 S Nijalingappa Medical College and HSK Hospital & Research Centre, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India

7 Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health (East Africa), Aga Khan University Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

8 MARCH Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

9 Women's and Children's Health Research Unit, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi, India

10 MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, Fajara, The Gambia

11 Centro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Manhiça and Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Manhiça, Mozambique

12 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria

13 Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

14 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

15 See Acknowledgments

Corresponding Author:

  • Peter von Dadelszen, MBChB, DPhil, FRCOG
  • Department of Women and Children’s Health
  • School of Life Course and Population Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London
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  • Email: pvd@kcl.ac.uk