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Relationship between Clinic and Ambulatory Blood-Pressure Measurements and Mortality
Author(s) -
José R. Banegas,
Luís M. Ruilope,
Alejandro de la Sierra,
Ernest Vinyoles,
Manuel Gorostidi,
Juan J. de la Cruz,
Gema RuizHurtado,
J. Segura,
Fernando RodríguezArtalejo,
Bryan Williams
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1712231
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , ambulatory blood pressure , hazard ratio , ambulatory , white coat hypertension , population , confidence interval , outpatient clinic , proportional hazards model , cohort , cohort study , cardiology , masked hypertension , prehypertension , surgery , environmental health
Evidence for the influence of ambulatory blood pressure on prognosis derives mainly from population-based studies and a few relatively small clinical investigations. This study examined the associations of blood pressure measured in the clinic (clinic blood pressure) and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a large cohort of patients in primary care.

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