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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Jan 29;73(3):317–335. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.10.069

Figure 1: Blood pressure phenotypes defined by combinations clinic and out-of-clinic blood pressure.

Figure 1:

† ≥130/80 mm Hg is the threshold for clinic blood pressure recommended in the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guideline (≥140/90 mmHg was the threshold for clinic blood pressure used in Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure [JNC 7]). †† ≥130/80 mm Hg is the threshold for awake and home blood pressure recommended in the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guideline (≥135/85 mmHg was the threshold for awake blood pressure used in JNC7). Some guidelines also recommend considering 24-hour and asleep blood pressure. The terms listed in the figure refer to untreated individuals. Among individuals taking antihypertensive medication, the corresponding terms are:
  • White coat hypertension - white coat effect,
  • Masked hypertension - masked uncontrolled hypertension,
  • Sustained hypertension - uncontrolled hypertension
  • Normotension - controlled hypertension