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Automated, ambulatory, and home blood pressure monitoring provide more reliable predictions of cardiovascular risk than traditional doctor-measured blood pressure, which is often confounded by the white coat effect.
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This editorial highlights the unreliability of doctor-measured blood pressure due to the white coat effect and supports the transition to automated and home blood pressure monitoring.
Thomas G. Pickering (2006) conducted an editorial in Hypertension. Automated and home blood pressure monitoring vs. Doctor-measured blood pressure was evaluated. Automated, ambulatory, and home blood pressure monitoring provide more reliable predictions of cardiovascular risk than traditional doctor-measured blood pressure, which is often confounded by the white coat effect.
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