Gülsüm Özkan, Şükrü Ulusoy, Rahmi Yılmaz, Serpil Müge Değer, Ülver Derici, Turgay Arınsoy, Yunus Erdem
No consensus has emerged among different guidelines concerning how many blood pressure (BP) measurements should be performed at office visits in the diagnosis of hypertension. The purpose of this study was to examine the compatibility of various multiple average office BP measurements and 24-h BP monitoring (ABPM) in patients followed up in the posthoc analysis of the Cappadocia hypertension cohort. A total 1158 office BP measurements by 207 patients were examined. The results were then classified as G1 (average of the 1st and 2nd BP), G2 (average of the 2nd and 3rd ), G3 (average of the 2nd , 3rd , and 4th ), G4 (average of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th , and 5th ), and G5 (average of all five measurements)...
April 22, 2024: Journal of Clinical Hypertension