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White coat hypertension — White coat hypertension is defined as blood pressure that
is consistently elevated by office readings but does not meet diagnostic criteria for
hypertension based upon out-of-office readings. Identifying patients who should be
evaluated for white coat hypertension, and the diagnosis of white coat hypertension, is
presented elsewhere (
table 4
). (See
"White coat and masked hypertension"
and
"Out-of-
office blood pressure measurement: Ambulatory and self-measured blood pressure
monitoring"
.)
Masked hypertension — Masked hypertension is defined as blood pressure that is
consistently elevated by out-of-office measurements but does not meet the criteria for
hypertension based upon office readings. Identifying patients who should be evaluated for
masked hypertension, and the diagnosis of masked hypertension, is discussed separately (
table 4
). (See
"White coat and masked hypertension"
and
"Out-of-office blood pressure
measurement: Ambulatory and self-measured blood pressure monitoring"
.)
A 24-hour mean of ≥125 mmHg systolic or ≥75 mmHg diastolic
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Daytime (awake) mean of ≥130 mmHg systolic or ≥80 mmHg diastolic
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Nighttime (asleep) mean of ≥110 mmHg systolic or ≥65 mmHg diastolic
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