Significance of White-Coat Hypertension in Older Persons With Isolated Systolic Hypertension A Meta-Analysis Using the International Database on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes Population

Stanley S. Franklin, Lutgarde Thijs, Tine W. Hansen, Yan Li, Jose Boggia, Masahiro Kikuya, Kristina Bjoerklund-Bodegard, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Jorgen Jeppesen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Eamon Dolan, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, Valerie Tikhonoff, Sofia Malyutina, Edoardo Casiglia, Yuri Nikitin, Lars Lind, Edgardo Sandoya, Kalina Kawecka-JaszczYutaka Imai, Jiguang Wang, Hans Ibsen, Eoin O'Brien, Jan A. Staessen*

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Abstract

The significance of white-coat hypertension in older persons with isolated systolic hypertension remains poorly understood. We analyzed subjects from the population-based 11-country International Database on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes database who had daytime ambulatory blood pressure (BP; ABP) and conventional BP (CBP) measurements. After excluding persons with diastolic hypertension by CBP (>= 90 mm Hg) or by daytime ABP (>= 85 mm Hg), a history of cardiovascular disease, and persons= 140/
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)564-U96
JournalHypertension
Volume59
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2012

Keywords

  • isolated systolic hypertension
  • ambulatory blood pressure
  • white-coat hypertension
  • white-coat effect
  • cardiovascular disease
  • epidemiology

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