Hiroshi Sat

Articles

Prognosis of "masked" hypertension vs. "white-coat" hypertension

Takayoshi Ohkubo, MD, PhD;Masahiro Kikuya, MD, PhD;Hirohito Metoki, MD;Kei Asayama, MD;Taku Obara, MS;Junichiro Hashimoto, MD, PhD;Kazuhito Totsune, MD, PhD;Haruhisa Hoshi, MD, PhD;Hiroshi Sat

September 22nd 2008

We compared the prognosis of patients with "white-coat" hypertension (WCHT) with that of patients with "masked" hypertension (MHT). The 10-year composite risk of stroke morbidity and cardiovascular mortality for patients with WCHT was similar to the risk for patients with sustained normal blood pressure, whereas the risk was markedly increased for patients with MHT and sustained hypertension. This indicates that conventional blood pressure measurements may fail to distinguish some patients at high or low risk.