Hypertension screening via awake–sleep differences in photoplethysmogram signals
Jingyuan Hong, Manasi Nandi, Yali Zheng, Jordi Alastruey (KCL, Shenzhen Technology University)
Summary
Hypothesis: normotensives show bigger awake-vs-sleep PPG changes than unmanaged hypertensives. 20 PPG indices; per-subject Mann–Whitney p-values (awake vs sleep) discretized as features. Aurora-BP (n = 180; 138 normotensive, 42 hypertensive; 18 held out): SVM accuracy 81.1 ± 8.4%, F1 82.8%.
Key facts
- Form Factor
- wrist
- License
- Not stated
Reported benchmarks
Cuffless blood pressure
aurora-bp-htn · Accuracy ↑
Hypertension yes/no, subject-level, 18 held-out subj; F1 0.828
Cuffless blood pressure
cuhk-bp-htn · Accuracy ↑
External CUHK-BP n=26, no retraining; F1 0.867
Updated: Oct 11, 2026
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