Relationships between ambulatory white coat effect and left ventricular mass in arterial hypertension.
The aim of our study was to analyze, in a group of 296 essential hypertensives, the relationship between left ventricular mass (LVM) and ambulatory white coat effect (WCE); that is the difference between the elevation of the first measurements of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and the mean daytime pressure. The study population was separated into two groups according to the median of the WCE. The LVM was greater in the groups with higher systolic and diastolic ambulatory WCE. The significant association between ambulatory WCE and LVM was confirmed by the results of multiple regression analysis, suggesting that ambulatory WCE may not be an innocent phenomenon.
Mulè
Giuseppe
G
Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Malattie Cardiovascolari e Nefrourologiche, Cattedra di Medicina Interna e Centro Ipertensione, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. giusemme@email.it
Nardi
Emilio
E
Cottone
Santina
S
Andronico
Giuseppe
G
Federico
Maria Rosa
MR
Piazza
Giuseppe
G
Volpe
Vito
V
Ferrara
Domenico
D
Cerasola
Giovanni
G
D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012044:Regression Analysis