BACKGROUND Whether white-coat hypertension (WCH) is an innocent phenomenon is controversial. METHOD In this study, we evaluated the association of WCH and the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and mortality, stratified by baseline antihypertensive treatment status. Databases (PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL Plus, Scopus, and Google Scholar) were searched for prospective studies with data on CVD a...

Background:Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) small colony variants (SCVs) can survive within the host intracellular milieu and are associated with chronic relapsing infections. However, it is unknown whether host invasion rates and immune responses differ between SCVs and their wild-type counterparts. This study used a stable S. aureus SCV (WCH-SK2SCV) developed from a clinical isolate (WCH-SK2...

BACKGROUND To make health services more equitable and accessible for women and children and to achieve a universal coverage, human resources for women and children's health (WCH) should be evaluated. However, since there is still no consensus on the real situation of Chinese WCH professionals, we aim with this study to compare the actual and required amount of WCH professionals for China. MET...

OBJECTIVE To observe the heart rate turbulence (HRT) in patients with masked hypertension (MH), and white-coat hypertension (WCH). PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients were classified on the basis of clinic and 24h ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring: essential hypertension (H, n = 32), masked hypertension (MH, n=26), white-coat hypertension (WCH, n = 29) and normotension (NT, n = 30). For each sub...

CONTEXT Elevated blood pressure (BP) measured at the physician's office may reflect true hypertension or white coat hypertension (WCH). The prognostic value of WCH among pregnant women is unknown. OBJECTIVE To assess the prognostic value of WCH in pregnancy. DESIGN Prospective cohort study conducted between September 1994 and October 1997. SETTING Community hospital. PATIENTS Women with...

White-coat hypertension (WCH) has been associated with a low risk for stroke, but long-term data are scanty. We analyzed individual data from 4 prospective cohort studies from the United States, Italy, and Japan that used comparable methodology for 24-hour noninvasive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Overall, 4406 subjects with essential hypertension and 1549 healthy normotensive co...

OBJECTIVE Stratification of cardiovascular (CV) risk is of fundamental importance in white coat hypertension (WCH) to identify individuals in need of closer follow up and perhaps antihypertensive drug treatment. DESIGN AND METHOD In subjects representative of the general population of Monza (Italy), the risk of CV and all-cause mortality was assessed over 16 years in stable and unstable WCH i...

In 2000 a group of authors from İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Internal Medicine Department interesting in hypertension (HT) especially White Coat Hypertension (WCH) come together and began to study on WCH. We founded a team and act as a referral center in our faculty. Cases with blood pressure >140-90 were referred to our clinic. We classified the cases into sustained hypertens...

White coat hypertension (WCH) is a high cardiovascular risk condition, and a fundamental understanding of the cause and pathophysiology of the disorder is still lacking. Recent studies demonstrated that microRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in hypertension; however, the roles of miRNAs in WCH are not known. The expressions of selected 10 miRNAs were investigated independently in plasma samples from 3...

OBJECTIVE The present study compared the unfavorable effects of protein oxidation and deoxyribonucleic acid damage on patients with white coat hypertension (WCH), sustained hypertension (HT), and normotensives. METHODS Participants were allocated into 3 groups: 40 healthy controls, 36 patients with WCH, and 40 patients with sustained HT. Patients with risk factors for atherosclerosis, endocri...