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Is there a role for day‐to‐day home blood pressure variability in guiding management of hypertension?
Author(s) -
Ohkubo Takayoshi,
Mihailidou Anastasia S
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical and experimental pharmacology and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1440-1681
pISSN - 0305-1870
DOI - 10.1111/1440-1681.12172
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , normality , prospective cohort study , risk factor , day to day , population , compliance (psychology) , intensive care medicine , environmental health , psychology , operations management , psychiatry , economics , social psychology
SummaryAlthough two population‐based studies have demonstrated the prognostic value of day‐to‐day home blood pressure (BP) variability, data are still limited. Thresholds of normality, target levels for treatment and optimal number and times of home measurement needed for better assessment of day‐to‐day home BP variability also remain to be investigated. Although further prospective studies are required, home BP is a strong and modifiable risk factor, and patient compliance should be encouraged.