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SUBMITTER: Tanner RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4742426 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 20150817 2
Many adults with elevated clinic blood pressure (BP) have lower BP when measured outside the clinic. This phenomenon, the "white-coat effect," may be larger among older adults, a population more susceptible to the adverse effects of low BP. The authors analyzed data from 257 participants in the Jackson Heart Study with elevated clinic BP (systolic/diastolic BP [SBP/DBP] ≥140/90 mm Hg) who underwent ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM). The white-coat effect for SBP was larger for participants 60 year ...[more]