March 15, 2015Oman Medical JournalOpen Access

White Coat Hypertension and Masked Hypertension Among Omani Patients Attending a Tertiary Hospital for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

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Population

199 adult patients referred for 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, mean age 46±15 years, 52.8%…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

KAKhamis Al-HashmiSultan Qaboos University NANoor Al-BusaidiRoyal United Hospital ABAmina BaOmar

Discussion

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Implication

Supports ABPM for precise phenotyping in referred patients; leaves open outcome impact in broader populations.

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Population

199 adult patients referred for 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, mean age 46±15 years, 52.8% female, mean BMI 29.6±5 kg/m2, 53.8% on one or more antihypertensive medications.

Intervention

24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (24-h ABPM)

Outcome

Rate of white coat hypertension, white coat effect, masked hypertension, and masked uncontrolled hypertensionsurrogate

White coat and masked hypertension are prevalent among patients referred for ABPM, underscoring the clinical utility of ABPM in accurate blood pressure classification and management.

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Al-Hashmi et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87c1023bdf89560ead2be0 https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2015.20

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White Coat Hypertension and Masked Hypertension Among Omani Patients Attending a Tertiary Hospital for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

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White Coat Hypertension and Masked Hypertension Among Omani Patients Attending a Tertiary Hospital for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

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