Masked hypertension: different blood pressure measurement methodology and risk factors in a working population

Abstract

Masked hypertension is frequent and still present when blood pressure is measured out of the office, using the same device for manual and ambulatory measurements. Sex, age, BMI and alcohol intake are associated with masked hypertension.

Frequency of masked hypertension and its relation to target organ damage in the heart

“…There was no significant difference in sex incidence between patients with MH and patients with SH or true normotensive patients, however, male sex was significantly higher in MH than WCH. These findings are in agreement with Kawabe and Saito, 19 Mallion et al, 20 and Trudel et al 21 There was no difference in smoking between groups, this is in contrast to Kawabe and Saito. 19 DM was significantly higher in SH than MH, also, it was significantly higher in MH than true normotensive patients, however, there was no difference between MH and WCH.…”

Masked Hypertension in the Elderly: Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Population-Based Sample

“…So far, few studies have estimated the frequency of MHT in elderly individuals and no studies have done so in the general population. 25 Two studies, SHEAF 1 and J-HOME 26 , which were performed in elderly hypertensive patients, also found a high frequency of MHT among patients with normal office BP (40% for the SHEAF study and 55% for the J-HOME study).…”

Relationship of Self-Reported Alcohol Consumption to Ambulatory Blood Pressure in a Sample of Healthy Adults

“…[5][6][7][9][10][11] However, these prior studies were mostly conducted in Asian or European populations, in populations with high levels of confounding fac tors such as smoking, and in populations that included persons with high ABP levels and existing CVD or other diseases. [4][5][6][7]11 As such, the relevance of these prior studies to a healthy, non smoking US individuals with lowtonormal ABP levels is not clear.…”

“…3 Although several studies have examined the association between habitual alcohol consump tion and ABP, 4-11 a number of issues may require some clari fication. First, while studies of alcohol consumptions and ABP have reported positive associations, [5][6][7][9][10][11] results have not been entirely consistent. Indeed, some studies have failed to find sig nificant independent associations, 4,8 or have reported that sig nificant independent associations are limited to specific aspects of ABP, such as systolic ABP 11 or the morning ABP surge.…”