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Blood Pressure Phenotypes Defined by Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Carotid Artery Changes in Community-Dwelling Older Japanese Adults: The Ohasama Study.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Nov 2020
Fujita Ayami, Hara Azusa, Kikuya Masahiro, Asayama Kei, Satoh Michihiro, Asakura Kaori, Shintani Yoriko, Uchida Shinya, Takatsuji Yuko, Murakami Takahisa, Hirose Takuo, Tsubota-Utsugi Megumi, Inoue Ryusuke, Nomura Kyoko, Metoki Hirohito, Hozawa Atsushi, Miyazaki Seiko, Imai Yutaka, Ohkubo Takayoshi
Abstract excerpt
White coat hypertension is defined as elevated blood pressure in the office, but a normal blood pressure out-of-office, whereas masked hypertension is defined as elevated blood pressure in the office, but normal out-of-office blood pressure. The objective was to investigate the associations between these blood pressure phenotypes and carotid artery changes. Conventional blood pressure, ambulatory blood pressure,...
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