Table 4. Self-monitoring vs Clinic Blood Pressure (BP) for Diagnosis of Elevated Blood Pressurea.
Elevated BP on any home readingsb | |||
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Yes | No | Total | |
Elevated BP on any health professional readingsc | |||
Yes | 120 | 43 | 163 |
No | 240 | 651 | 891 |
Total | 360 | 694 | 1054 |
Including all 1054 participants randomized to self-monitoring who had both clinician and self-monitored BP recorded; 163 (15.5%) had clinic hypertension; 43 (4.1%) had white coat hypertension (elevated in clinic but not at home); 240 (22.8%) had masked hypertension (elevated at home but not in clinic).
First reading of ≥140/90 mm Hg on home BP device.
Two readings of ≥140/90 mm Hg from any clinical setting within 168 hours or new prescription of antihypertensive medication, whichever came first.