Takashi Ugajin, MS

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White-coat hypertension and progression to home hypertension

Takashi Ugajin, MS;Atsushi Hozawa, MD, PhD;Takayoshi Ohkubo, MD, PhD;Kei Asayama, MD;Masahiro Kikuya, MD, PhD;Taku Obara, MS;Hirohito Metoki, MD;Haruhisa Hoshi, MD, PhD;Junichiro Hashimoto, MD

September 24th 2008

Our study aimed to clarify whether white-coat hypertension represents a transient state in the development of hypertension outside medical settings. We followed up 128 subjects with white-coat hypertension and compared their risk of progression to home hypertension with that of 649 sustained normotensive subjects. After 8 years of follow-up, subjects with white-coat hypertension had an approximately 3-fold higher risk of eventually manifesting home hypertension. We concluded that patients with white-coat hypertension should be carefully monitored.