Why the study?
Is introversion associated with a greater difference between screening and home blood pressure measurements?
Population
699 participants who underwent screening and home blood pressure measurements and completed the Japanese…
Comparison
Lower extroversion scores on the Eysenck… vs Higher extroversion scores
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May inform white-coat hypertension screening in introverted patients; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Is introversion associated with a greater difference between screening and home blood pressure measurements?
Introverted patients exhibit a significantly greater difference between clinic and home systolic blood pressure, indicating a higher likelihood of white-coat hypertension.
Hozawa et al. (2006) studied this question.
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