White-coat, masked and sustained hypertension detected by home blood pressure monitoring in adolescents: prevalence and associated factors.
Thiago de Souza Veiga JardimCarolina de Souza CarneiroPolyana MoraisVanessa RorizKarla Lorena MendonçaFlávia Miquetichuc NascenteThaís Inácio Rolim PóvoaWeimar Kunz Sebba BarrosoAna Luiza Lima SousaPaulo César Veiga JardimPublished in: Blood pressure (2018)
The estimated prevalence of white-coat hypertension, masked and sustained hypertension in a population of non-European adolescents assessed by home BP monitoring was 7.5%, 2.2% and 1.7% respectively. Male sex was positively associated with white-coat hypertension in these adolescents while BMI was positively associated with both white-coat and sustained hypertension.