'Office-hour' ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is sufficient for blood pressure diagnosis

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 440-443

  Wong, Raymond C C ^a   Yeo, T C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Office hour; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORKING TIME;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 33646835767     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002022     Document Type: Article

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