["White coat effect" on blood pressure].
In the past few years non-invasive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring has become a widespread technology in the assessment of arterial hypertension. The "white coat effect" concept derives from comparison between "clinic" and "ambulatory" blood pressure. It consists of two opposite conditions: clinic hypertension with ambulatory normotension (the so-called "white coat hypertension") and clinic normotension with ambulatory hypertension (the so-called "white coat normotension"). Nearly 20% of unselected referred populations shows conditions that may not need medical treatment, such as the "white coat hypertensives", or that may need antihypertensive therapy, such as the "white coat normotensives".
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Unità Operativa di Medicina Interna, San Miniato (Pisa), Azienda USL 11, Empoli.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors