Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring offers significant advantages over office-based measurement in hypertension trials by being more reproducible and excluding white-coat hypertension.
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring offers significant advantages over office-based measurement in hypertension trials due to better reproducibility and lack of placebo effect.
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is an accepted method of blood pressure measurement in hypertension trials. It is more reproducible than office blood pressure, does not show a placebo effect, and excludes white-coat hypertensive people, therefore offering significant advantages over office-based measurement. Investigators are aware of these advantages, and the use of ambulatory monitoring in hypertension trials is increasing.
Mansoor et al. (Mon,) conducted a review in Hypertension. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring vs. Office blood pressure measurement was evaluated. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring offers significant advantages over office-based measurement in hypertension trials by being more reproducible and excluding white-coat hypertension.