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Trial reportHypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension2022

Common surgical masks and unattended blood pressure changes in treated hypertensive patients.

Dimitris Konstantinidis, Dimitris Polyzos, Sotiris Drogkaris, Fotis Tatakis, Eleni Manta, Maria Kariori, Eirini Siafi, Christina Filippou, Konstantina Chalmoukou, Costas Thomopoulos and 1 more

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Dimitris KonstantinidisFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dimitris PolyzosFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Sotiris DrogkarisFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Fotis TatakisFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Eleni MantaFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Maria KarioriFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Eirini SiafiFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Christina FilippouFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Konstantina ChalmoukouFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Costas ThomopoulosDepartment of Cardiology, Helena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos TsioufisFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. ktsioufis@hippocratio.gr.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the effect of face masks on preventing airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is well studied, no study has evaluated their effect on blood pressure (BP). Therefore, we investigated the effect of surgical masks on BP in 265 treated hypertensive patients. Following the routine mask-on office BP measurement, patients were left alone and randomized to automated office BP measurement, with measurements taken after first wearing a mask for 10 min, then without wearing the mask for 10 min, and vice versa. Among the participants, 115 were women (43.4%), the mean age was 62 ± 12 years, and the mean office BP was 134 ± 15/81 ± 12 mmHg. There was no significant difference between mask-on unattended systolic BP (133 ± 15 mmHg) and mask-off unattended systolic BP (132 ± 15 mmHg) (P = 0.13) or between mask-on unattended diastolic BP (77 ± 13 mmHg) and mask-off unattended diastolic BP (76 ± 13 mmHg) (P = 0.32). Surgical masks had no effect on BP in treated hypertensive patients.

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COVID-19HypertensionAgedBlood PressureBlood Pressure DeterminationFemaleHumansMaleMasksMiddle AgedSARS-CoV-2Attended blood pressureAutomated blood pressureBlood pressure measurementFace masks

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PMID35277669
PMCPMC8914453

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