PMID: 11924727Apr 2, 2002Paper

Blood pressure control assessed by home, ambulatory and conventional blood pressure measurements in the Japanese general population: the Ohasama study

Hypertension Research : Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension
Atsushi HozawaYutaka Imai

Abstract

To assess blood pressure control in the Japanese population, we analyzed previously obtained measurements of conventional, home and ambulatory blood pressures in 1,174 subjects aged > or =40 in a Japanese community. On the basis of conventional blood pressure values and the use of antihypertensive medication, participants were classified as normotensive, untreated hypertensive and treated hypertensive subjects. When 140/90, 135/85 and 135/85 mmHg were used as the hypertension criteria for conventional, home and ambulatory blood pressure measurements, respectively, all three blood pressure values were higher in untreated and treated hypertensive subjects than in normotensive subjects. Among the treated hypertensive subjects, approximately half were classified as hypertensive not only by conventional blood pressure, but also by home or ambulatory measurements. Approximately 10% of the subjects defined as normotensive by conventional blood pressure measurement were classified as hypertensive by home or ambulatory measurements, whereas 60% of the untreated hypertensive subjects as defined by conventional blood pressure measurement had normal home or ambulatory blood pressure values. Therefore, we concluded that 1) the poor blood pr...Continue Reading

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