Table 3. Recommended BP recording methods as per the existing guidelines.

BP: blood pressure

Guidelines	Recommended BP recording methods
European Society of Hypertension (ESH), 2013	Intermittent home or ambulatory BP monitoring if the white-coat and masked HTN are suspected
8th Joint National Committee (JNC), 2014	Office BP recording
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), 2015	Repeated office BP measurements with BP recorded outside the clinic office
American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA), 2017	Intermittent home or ambulatory BP monitoring if the white-coat and masked HTN are suspected
International Society of Hypertension (ISH), 2020	Intermittent home or ambulatory BP monitoring if the white-coat and masked HTN are suspected