PLoS ONE (Jan 2014)

Epidemiology of masked and white-coat hypertension: the family-based SKIPOGH study.

  • Heba Alwan,
  • Menno Pruijm,
  • Belen Ponte,
  • Daniel Ackermann,
  • Idris Guessous,
  • Georg Ehret,
  • Jan A Staessen,
  • Kei Asayama,
  • Philippe Vuistiner,
  • Sandrine Estoppey Younes,
  • Fred Paccaud,
  • Grégoire Wuerzner,
  • Antoinette Pechere-Bertschi,
  • Markus Mohaupt,
  • Bruno Vogt,
  • Pierre-Yves Martin,
  • Michel Burnier,
  • Murielle Bochud

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092522
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3
p. e92522

Abstract

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ObjectiveWe investigated factors associated with masked and white-coat hypertension in a Swiss population-based sample.MethodsThe Swiss Kidney Project on Genes in Hypertension is a family-based cross-sectional study. Office and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure were measured using validated devices. Masked hypertension was defined as office blood pressureResultsAmong the 652 participants included in this analysis, 51% were female. Mean age (±SD) was 48 (±18) years. The proportion of participants with masked and white coat hypertension was respectively 15.8% and 2.6%. Masked hypertension was associated with age (odds ratio (OR) = 1.02, p = 0.012), high-normal office blood pressure (OR = 6.68, pConclusionsOur findings suggest that physicians should consider ambulatory blood pressure monitoring for older individuals with high-normal office blood pressure and/or who are obese.