Limitations of the difference between clinic and daytime blood pressure as a surrogate measure of the 'white-coat' effect

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Parati, Gianfranco ^a,b   Omboni, Stefano ^b   Staessen, Jan ^c   Thijs, Lutgarde ^c   Fagard, Robert ^c   Ulian, Luisa ^a   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alerting reaction; Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Blood pressure reproducibility; Clinic blood pressure; Hypertension; White coat effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0031893656     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199816010-00005     Document Type: Article

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