OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of White Coat Hypertension in patients undergoing ambulatory blood pressure monitoring at a tertiary care center and to compare ambulatory blood pressure profiles of normotensives, white coat hypertensives and hypertensives. METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted which included all adult patients undergoing ambulatory blood pressure mon...

Increased risk of progression to sustained hypertension in patients with white coat and masked hypertension White-coat and masked hypertension are two not clearly defined entities with respect to their clinical impact. A study by Sivén SS et al. investigated the risk of progression to sustained hypertension among a total of 944 patients of the FinnHome study with either normotension (n=528) or ...