Why the study?
Does the white coat effect correlate with blood pressure reactivity to mental stress and standing in hypertensive and normotensive subjects?
Population
106 subjects, comprising 88 hypertensive (46 men, 42 women) and 18 normotensive (4 men, 14 women) individuals.
Comparison
Conventional blood pressure measurement, mental… vs Rest period
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May signal sympathetic over-reactivity in white coat hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires longitudinal outcome studies.
Does the white coat effect correlate with blood pressure reactivity to mental stress and standing in hypertensive and normotensive subjects?
The white coat effect in hypertensive patients is associated with enhanced blood pressure responses to standing and mental stress, suggesting a shared modification of sympathovagal balance and potentially increased cardiovascular risk due to impaired arterial distensibility.
Lantelme et al. (1998) studied this question.
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