Table 2.

Characteristics of ABPM, HBPM, and office BP

	Clinic/office BP	HBPM	ABPM
Measurement
Frequency	Low	High	High
Standardization	Possible	Possible	Automatic
Teaching to whom	Clinician	Patient	Clinician
Reproducibility	Poor	Best	Good
White‐coat effect	Not identifiable*	Identifiable	Identifiable
Masked effect	Not identifiable	Identifiable	Identifiable
Evaluation of BPV
Seasonal	Possible	Possible	Impossible
Day‐by‐day	Impossible**	Possible	Impossible
Diurnal	Impossible	Possible#	Possible
Nighttime/sleep	Impossible	Possible##	Possible
Positional	Possible	Possible	Impossible
Short‐term	Impossible	Impossible	Possible

Abbreviations: ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; BP, blood pressure; BPV, BP variability; HBPM, home blood pressure monitoring.

^*Partly identifiable if automated office BP monitoring is used.

^**Possible using community BP measurement.

^#Morning‐evening difference.

^##Using automated measurement.