ArticleJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2014
Prevalence of masked hypertension in African Americans.
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- Diagnostic performance of clinic and home blood pressure measurements compared with ambulatory blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2020Pooled it
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- Association between baseline blood pressure variability and left heart function following short-term extreme cold exposure.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Thresholds for Blood Pressure Measured at Home in the Context of the 2017 Hypertension Guideline.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2018Article
- Masked Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Events in a Prospective Cohort of Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2016Article
- Masked Hypertension and Incident Clinic Hypertension Among Blacks in the Jackson Heart Study.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2016Article
- Revealing Masked Hypertension in People of African Ancestry: We Need to Do Better.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2016Article
- Masked Hypertension in Low-Income South African Adults.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2016Article
- Prevalence of Masked Hypertension and Its Association With Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans: Results From the Jackson Heart Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2016Observational
- Hypertension and End-Organ Damage in Children--Is the Picture Less Fuzzy Now?Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2015Article
- From the Epidemiologist to the Physician: A Complex Issue for a Labile Risk.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2015Article
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Abstract
Masked hypertension (MH), the presence of normal office blood pressure (BP) with elevated ambulatory pressure, has been shown to correlate with organ damage. Population-based studies from Europe and Asia estimate a prevalence of 8.5% to 15.8%. Two small studies in African Americans estimate a prevalence >40%. Therefore, the authors utilized ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) to identify the prevalence of MH in our African American population. Pressure was recorded every 30 minutes while awake and every 60 minutes while asleep. Patients with 24-hour average BP ≥ 135/85 mm Hg, awake average BP ≥ 140/90 mm Hg, or asleep average BP ≥ 125/75 mm Hg had MH. Seventy-three participates had valid data. The mean age of the patients was 49.8 years, mean body mass index was 31.1, and 39 patients (53%) were women. Thirty-three patients (45.2%) had MH. Patients with MH had higher clinic systolic BP and trended toward higher BMI values. The authors corroborated the high prevalence of MH in African Americans. ABPM is critical to diagnose hypertension in African Americans, particularly in those with high-normal clinic pressure and obesity.
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