Reproducibility of masked uncontrolled hypertension detected through home blood pressure monitoring.

ABSTRACT: Masked uncontrolled hypertension (MUCH) is an entity described in treated hypertensive subjects, where office blood pressure (BP) is well controlled and out-of-office BP is elevated. It has been related to a higher cardiovascular risk. However, the reproducibility of MUCH has been scarcely studied. In this study, we aimed to determine the reproducibility of MUCH detected through home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM). Two sets of measurements were performed in hypertensive adults under stable treatment with a 1-week interval. Each set of measurements included three office BP readings and a 4-day HBPM with duplicate readings in the morning, afternoon, and evening (the same validated oscillometric device was employed in both settings). We determined the percentage of agreement regarding the p

SUBMITTER: Barochiner J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8030615 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature