title: [Home blood pressure measurement and ambulatory blood pressure measurement versus office blood pressure measurement].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare both home blood pressure measurement (HBPM) and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) with office blood pressure measurement (OBP); and also to compare the correlation between HBPM and OBP with LVMI (left ventricular mass index).
  
  
  METHODS
  Protocol 1--68 hypertensive patients (58 +/- 12 years, 37 females): a) self recorded blood pressure at home in the 7 days; b) recorded the ABPM during 24 hours; and c) the physician recorded blood pressure in the office. Protocol 2-41 hypertensive patients underwent the HBPM, OBP, and BI-dimensional echocardiogram.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Protocol 1--OBP (153 +/- 24/96 +/- 13 mmHg) was higher (p < 0.05) than HBPM (133 +/- 18/84 +/- 12 mmHg) and ABPM (137 +/- 17/87 +/- 12 mmHg); Protocol 2--LVMI correlated better with HBPM (r = 0.39/0.49, p < 0.05, systolic and diastolic, respectively) than OBP (r = 0.02/ 0.22, p > 0.05, systolic and diastolic, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study showed that HBPM has a better correlation with LVMI than OBP.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pierin
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Segre
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mion Júnior
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010824:Physicians' Offices