Open AccessFactors Influencing White-coat Effect
Author(s) -
EMMANOUIL MANIOS,
Eleni Koroboki,
G. Tsivgoulis,
K. Spengos,
Ioanna Spiliopoulou,
Fiona Brodie,
K. Vemmos,
Nikos Zakopoulos
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2007.43
Subject(s) - medicine , diastole , ambulatory , blood pressure , confidence interval , cardiology , ambulatory blood pressure , linear regression , population , statistics , mathematics , environmental health
The transient blood pressure (BP) rise during clinical visits is usually referred to as white-coat effect (WCE). The aim of the present study was to investigate factors that may influence the WCE.
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