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Insights From Matched Office and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Youth: Clinical Relevance.

Empar LurbeJosep RedónJulio AlvarezMaria Grau-PérezFernando MartinezGiuseppe Mancia
Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) (2022)
In youth, it is inaccurate to obtain reference values for ABP by extrapolating from office BP values. The differences between office BP and ABP are minimal in children with office BP values in the range of hypertension, reinforcing the recommendation to use ABP measurement at the time to confirm hypertension.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • young adults
  • hypertensive patients
  • mental health
  • heart rate
  • physical activity
  • blood glucose
  • skeletal muscle
  • metabolic syndrome