title: Contribution of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to the design and analysis of antihypertensive therapy trials.
abstract: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is an accepted method of blood pressure measurement in hypertension trials. It is more reproducible than office blood pressure, does not show a placebo effect, and excludes white-coat hypertensive people, therefore offering significant advantages over office-based measurement. Investigators are aware of these advantages, and the use of ambulatory monitoring in hypertension trials is increasing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, USA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mansoor
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D009819:Office Visits; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents