The 2025 AHA/ACC office blood pressure thresholds for white-coat hypertension screening are highly sensitive but have low specificity, resulting in out-of-office referrals for most patients.
Do the 2025-AHA/ACC-BP guideline OBP thresholds accurately screen for white-coat hypertension?
The 2025-AHA/ACC-BP guideline OBP thresholds for white-coat hypertension screening may lead to over-referral for out-of-office BP testing due to low specificity.
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This real-world analysis shows that OBP thresholds recommended by the 2025-AHA/ACC-BP guideline for WCH/WCE screening are highly sensitive but have low specificity, resulting in referral of the majority of patients for out-of-office BP assessment.
Pont et al. (Tue,) reported a other. The 2025 AHA/ACC office blood pressure thresholds for white-coat hypertension screening are highly sensitive but have low specificity, resulting in out-of-office referrals for most patients.