Why the study?
Does masked hypertension increase the risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events in subjects with prehypertension?
Population
591 subjects with prehypertension defined as clinic blood pressure in the range of 120-139 mm Hg for…
Comparison
Masked hypertension vs True prehypertension
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6.6 +/- 4.3 years (range 0.5-15.5 years)
Authors
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Masked hypertension was associated with higher cardiovascular risk than true prehypertension; leaves open whether out-of-office monitoring improves outcomes in prehypertension.
Does masked hypertension increase the risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events in subjects with prehypertension?
Masked hypertension in subjects with prehypertension is associated with a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular events compared to true prehypertension, highlighting the importance of out-of-office BP monitoring.
Pierdomenico et al. (2008) studied this question.
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