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ArticleAmerican journal of hypertension2020

American Versus European Hypertension Guidelines: The Case of White Coat Hypertension.

Cesare Cuspidi, Federico Paoletti, Marijana Tadic, Carla Sala, Raffaella Dell'Oro, Guido Grassi, Giuseppe Mancia

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Article in American journal of hypertension, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Cesare CuspidiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
Federico PaolettiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
Marijana TadicDepartment of Cardiology, Charité-University-Medicine Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany.
Carla SalaDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milano and Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS Policlinico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Raffaella Dell'OroDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
Guido GrassiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
Giuseppe ManciaDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.

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Abstract

backgroundThe impact of the 2017 American College Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines on reclassification of white coat hypertension (WCH) and white coat uncontrolled hypertension (WUCH) phenotypes has not been thoroughly investigated, so far. The aim of the present analysis was to compare the prevalence rates of WCH and WUCH according to either 2018 European Society Hypertension/European Society Cardiology and 2017 ACC/AHA hypertension guidelines.

methodsA large database of individual 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) recordings from untreated and treated hypertensive individuals with office BP ≥140 and/or 90 mm Hg was analyzed.

resultsAs many as 3,223 (39% men) out of 7,353 (47% men) fulfilled diagnostic criteria for WCH (n = 1,281) and WUCH (n = 1,942) according to the 2018 ESH/ESC guidelines (mean 24-hour BP <130/80 mm Hg), the prevalence rate being 17.4% and 26.4%, respectively. The corresponding figures according to the 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines (mean 24-hour BP <125/75 mm Hg) were 15.6 and 9.4%, respectively. Thus, a total of 1,378 patients (42.7%) either defined as WCH and WUCH by ESH/ESC guidelines, were classifiable as untreated sustained and uncontrolled sustained hypertensives by ACC/AHA guidelines.

conclusionsThe ACC/AHA reclassification of patients with office BP ≥140/90 mm Hg leads to a marked decrease in the prevalence of WCH/WUCH. This may have relevant clinical implications because the prognostic significance of these phenotypes is often ignored in clinical practice and, consequently, contributes to the high burden of cardiovascular diseases worldwide.

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AdultAgedBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryFemaleGuidelines as TopicHumansItalyMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceWhite Coat Hypertensionambulatory blood pressureblood pressureguidelineshypertensionwhite coat hypertensionwhite coat uncontrolled hypertension

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PMID32347901
PMCPMC7368164

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