title: Continuous ambulatory blood pressure monitoring versus casual blood pressure in borderline hypertension.
abstract: In 56 patients with borderline hypertension, casual blood pressure was compared with average daytime ambulatory blood pressure. The difference between these two values ranged from -20 to +40 mm Hg and was unrelated to spontaneous blood pressure variability, the blood pressure fall during sleep, and the peaks of pressure recorded during the day. Heart rate and a family history of hypertension were not predictive of the degree of difference between casual and average daytime recorder pressure. Target organ damage was present in 44% of the patients and was more closely correlated with recorder than with casual pressure.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology