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Prognostic Significance of the White Coat Effect
1 Jun 1997
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The difference between clinic and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) has been used to quantify the pressure reactivity to the doctor's visit (white coat effect). We investigated the prognostic significance of the clinic-ambulatory BP difference in the setting of the Progetto Ipertensione Umbria Monitoraggio Ambulatoriale (PIUMA) study. A total of 1522 subjects contributed 6371 person-years of observation. All...
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