Physiological, psychological, and behavioral factors and white coat hypertension.
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Physiological, psychological, and behavioral factors and white coat hypertension.
Patients with hypertension in the clinic but not during daily activities ("white coat" hypertension) may be at lower risk of hypertensive morbidity and mortality than patients with hypertension in both settings ("persistent" hypertension). We hypothesized that the white coat phenomenon was due to greater blood pressure reactivity to the stress of a clinic visit and that, as a consequence, white...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.16.2.140