Under pressure

[摘要] Manning et al highlight an important point, well described but less well recognised in clinical practice.1 Their study demonstrates the practical implications of acting upon blood pressure (BP) values and the variations obtained at different times through various methods adopted to measure BP, especially in this era of the phasing out of mercury sphygmomanometers.2 However, we take lament over their comments of identifying the white-coat effect group (∼30%) to avoid costs of additional treatment. There is an increasing body of evidence to suggest that white-coat hypertension (WCH) is not so benign after all.3 Indeed, many studies have suggested that WCH was associated with significant end-organ damage.3

[学科分类] 卫生学