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Clinic Blood Pressure Underestimates Ambulatory Blood Pressure in an Untreated Employer-Based US Population: Results From the Masked Hypertension Study.
Circulation - 6 Dec 2016
Schwartz Joseph E, Burg Matthew M, Shimbo Daichi, Broderick Joan E, Stone Arthur A, Ishikawa Joji, Sloan Richard, Yurgel Tyla, Grossman Steven, Pickering Thomas G
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BACKGROUND: Ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) is consistently superior to clinic blood pressure (CBP) as a predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality risk. A common perception is that ABP is usually lower than CBP. The relationship of the CBP minus ABP difference to age has not been examined in the United States. METHODS: Between 2005 and 2012, 888 healthy, employed, middle-aged (mean±SD age, 45±10.4...
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