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Epidemiology of Masked and White-Coat Hypertension: The Family-Based SKIPOGH Study

  • Heba Alwan
  • , Menno Pruijm
  • , Belen Ponte
  • , Daniel Ackermann
  • , Idris Guessous
  • , Georg Ehret
  • , Jan A. Staessen
  • , Kei Asayama
  • , Philippe Vuistiner
  • , Sandrine Estoppey Younes
  • , Fred Paccaud
  • , Gregoire Wuerzner
  • , Antoinette Pechere-Bertschi
  • , Markus Mohaupt
  • , Bruno Vogt
  • , Pierre-Yves Martin
  • , Michel Burnier
  • , Murielle Bochud*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Objective: We investigated factors associated with masked and white-coat hypertension in a Swiss population-based sample. Methods: The Swiss Kidney Project on Genes in Hypertension is a family-based cross-sectional study. Office and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure were measured using validated devices. Masked hypertension was defined as office blood pressure= 135/85 mmHg. White-coat hypertension was defined as office blood pressure >= 140/90 mmHg and daytime ambulatory blood pressure
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere92522
JournalPLOS ONE
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Mar 2014

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