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Background: The white coat effect is observed in many patients with hypertension, but its mechanism is still unclear and anxiety is often thought to be a key point.
Dengyue Xu +6 more
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White coat effect in patients with hypertension
The article is devoted to various aspects of white coat effect (WCE) in patients with hypertension (HTN). WCE is due to the patient’s anxious response to office blood pressure (BP) measurement and is characterized by a BP increase.
G. F. Andreeva +3 more
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White Coat Hypertension in Centenarians [PDF]
To study white coat (WC) hypertension in centenarians, a cross-sectional surveillance was carried out on Uygurs, a long-lived population in China.Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring (ABPM) was performed in 33 centenarians (age range, 100 to 113 years) and compared with 100 elderly subjects (age range, 65 to 70 years).
Medet, Jumabay +10 more
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Competency in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Effect of Training Program on Competency [PDF]
Introduction: Blood Pressure (BP) measurement is the basis of diagnosis and treatment of hypertension. Automatic BP monitors are available for self-measurement of BP at home and it helps in adaptation of treatment strategy.
Shaikat Mondal +5 more
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White-Coat Hypertension Is Hypertension [PDF]
The article in this issue from Puato et al1 in Padova, Italy, is important because it was prospective, with 5 years of follow-up, and the hypertensive patients were never treated. They showed that carotid intima-media thickness was greater at baseline in white-coat hypertensive subjects (WCHs), increased more during follow-up than in normotensive ...
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Blood Pressure Measurement and Treatment Decisions Masked and White-Coat Hypertension [PDF]
White-coat and masked hypertension are important hypertension phenotypes. Out-of-office blood pressure measurement is essential for the accurate diagnosis and monitoring of these conditions.
Staessen, Jan A. +2 more
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This study investigated the impact of changing abnormal home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) cutoff from 135/85 to 130/80 mmHg on the prevalence of hypertension phenotypes, considering an abnormal office blood pressure cutoff of 140/90 mmHg.
Audes D.M. Feitosa +11 more
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Biomarkers in white-coat hypertension [PDF]
The introduction of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the 1960s provided new insights into the nature of high blood pressure disorders. Blood pressure is now categorised into four quadrants:normotension, masked hypertension, hypertension and white ...
Martin, Catherine Ann (3724429)
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Are personality traits associated with white-coat and masked hypertension? [PDF]
Objectives: Anxiety and other psychological dispositions are thought to be associated with blood pressure. This study tests whether personality traits have long-term associations with masked and white-coat effects.
Strait J +11 more
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Some studies reported that home blood pressure (HBP) monitoring was conducted by community-dwelling older people themselves, but there have been few studies on HBP including very old populations aged over 90 years old.
Jinmei Tuo +16 more
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