Why the study?
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring better predict left ventricular mass index compared to physician blood pressure readings when controlling for the number of measurements?
Population
Patients undergoing blood pressure measurement and left ventricular mass index assessment
Comparison
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring vs Physician blood pressure readings
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Supports ambulatory over office BP for LV mass assessment independent of reading count; extends validity evidence but leaves open prospective outcome studies.
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring better predict left ventricular mass index compared to physician blood pressure readings when controlling for the number of measurements?
The superiority of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in predicting target organ damage is due to greater measurement validity rather than simply a larger number of readings.
Gerin et al. (2006) studied this question.
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