Population
230 adult participants from the ELSA-Brasil study, including individuals without antihypertensive medication…
Comparison
24-hour blood pressure monitoring and repeat… vs Initial casual blood pressure measurement
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
1 to 10 weeks
Authors
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Standardized casual BP shows moderate agreement with ambulatory monitoring; leaves open whether routine out-of-office confirmation is still needed to detect masked hypertension.
Rigorous standardization of casual blood pressure measurement yields moderate diagnostic agreement with 24-hour monitoring, effectively reducing white coat hypertension but revealing high rates of masked hypertension.
Nascimento et al. (2013) studied this question.
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