Unattended automatic blood pressure measurements versus conventional office readings in predicting hypertension-mediated organ damage

What's new?Accurate blood pressure measurement is a crucial aspect of hypertension therapy.There is growing concern about potential errors in conventional office measurements.One method aimed at minimizing these errors is unattended blood pressure measurement, where patients are left alone in the doctor's office during the measurement.Research suggests that blood pressure values obtained through this method tend to be lower than those in traditional measurements.However, it remains unclear whether this method offers superior predictive value.To address this, both approaches were compared in terms of their ability to predict subclinical hypertension-mediated organ damage (HMOD).The study results suggest that although blood pressure readings during unattended measurements were significantly lower, this method did not prove to be superior in predicting any of the various types of HMOD.