Table 2.
Blood pressure profile of children with white coat hypertension and essential hypertension
| Parameter | Systolic | Diastolic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White coat hypertension | Essential hypertension | P-value | White coat hypertension | Essential hypertension | P-value | |
| Clinic BPa (mm Hg) | 131 (10) | 139 (12) | 0.01 | 76 (10) | 78 (12) | 0.47 |
| Clinic BP Index | 1.0 (0.1) | 1.1 (0.1) | <0.01 | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.40 |
| Ambulatory BP (mm Hg) | ||||||
| Total | 117 (5) | 131 (6) | <0.01 | 67 (5) | 72 (8) | <0.01 |
| Waking | 124 (5) | 137 (6) | <0.01 | 72 (6) | 77 (10) | 0.01 |
| Sleeping | 107 (7) | 119 (9) | <0.01 | 58 (6) | 62 (7) | 0.02 |
| Ambulatory BP index | ||||||
| Total | 0.93 (0.04) | 1.05 (0.04) | <0.01 | 0.87 (0.11) | 0.94 (0.11) | <0.01 |
| Waking | 0.93 (0.04) | 1.04 (0.04) | <0.01 | 0.85 (0.07) | 0.91 (0.12) | 0.01 |
| Sleeping | 0.92 (0.06) | 1.03 (0.08) | <<0.01 | 0.86 (0.09) | 0.92 (0.11) | 0.02 |
| Ambulatory BP load (%) | ||||||
| Total | 21 (12) | 65 (17) | <0.01 | 15 (12) | 30 (24) | <0.01 |
| Waking | 22 (15) | 64 (18) | <0.01 | 14 (13) | 30 (24) | <0.001 |
| Sleeping | 17 (16) | 57 (29) | <0.01 | 14 (14) | 30 (29) | <0.01 |
| Ambulatory BP dip (%) | 13 (5) | 13 (6) | 0.90 | 20 (9) | 20 (8) | 0.90 |
All values shown are mean (SD).
Abbreviation: BP, blood pressure.
aClinic BP are average of 3 measurements.