Why the study?
Does the number of home and office blood pressure measurements affect the accuracy of detecting masked hypertension in treated hypertensive patients?
Population
4,939 treated hypertensive patients included in the SHEAF study.
Comparison
Varying numbers of home blood pressure… vs Reference standard of 6 OBP measurements and all…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Reducing measurements may miss masked hypertension; leaves open optimal protocols for reliable diagnosis in treated patients.
Does the number of home and office blood pressure measurements affect the accuracy of detecting masked hypertension in treated hypertensive patients?
A sufficient number of measurements (three at two visits for office BP and three morning/evening over 2 days for home BP) is required to accurately diagnose masked hypertension and avoid missing cases.
Mallion et al. (2004) studied this question.
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