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Impact of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring on Reclassification of Hypertension Prevalence and Control in Older People in Spain
Author(s) -
Banegas José R.,
Cruz Juan J.,
Graciani Auxiliadora,
LópezGarcía Esther,
GijónConde Teresa,
Ruilope Luis M.,
RodriguezArtalejo Fernando
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/jch.12525
Subject(s) - medicine , ambulatory blood pressure , casual , blood pressure , cohort , ambulatory , population , cohort study , pediatrics , emergency medicine , cardiology , environmental health , materials science , composite material
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring ( ABPM ) accurately classifies blood pressure ( BP ) status but its impact on the prevalence and control of hypertension is little known. The authors conducted a cross‐sectional study in 2012 among 1047 individuals 60 years and older from the follow‐up of a population cohort in Spain. Three casual BP measurements and 24‐hour ABPM were performed under standardized conditions. Approximately 68.8% patients were hypertensive based on casual BP (≥140/90 mm Hg or current BP medication use) and 62.1% based on 24‐hour ABPM (≥130/80 mm Hg or current BP medication use) ( P =.009). The proportion of patients with treatment‐eligible hypertension who met BP goals increased from 37.4% based on the casual BP target to 54.1% based on the 24‐hour BP target (absolute difference, 16.7%; P <.01). These results were consistent across alternative BP thresholds. Therefore, compared with casual BP , 24‐hour ABPM led to a reduction in the proportion of older patients recommended for hypertension treatment and a substantial increase in the proportion of those with hypertension control.

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