Abstract
Mean daytime ambulatory blood pressure (BP) values are considered to be lower than conventional BP values, but data on this relation among younger individuals = 70 years, conventional BP was significantly higher than daytime ambulatory BP (5.0 and 13.0 mm Hg for systolic; 2.0 and 4.2 mm Hg for diastolic BP; all P= 70 years, with little variation between men and women (8.0% versus 6.1%; P=0.0003). Masked hypertension was more prevalent among men (21.1% versus 11.4%; P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1073–1079 |
Journal | Hypertension |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2014 |
Keywords
- age group
- ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
- blood pressure
- epidemiology
- hypertension