Reproducibility and Predictive Value of White-Coat Hypertension in Young to Middle-Age Subjects. 2023

Paolo Palatini, and Lucio Mos, and Francesca Saladini, and Olga Vriz, and Claudio Fania, and Andrea Ermolao, and Francesca Battista, and Marcello Rattazzi
Department of Medicine, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy.

(1) Aim. The aim of the study was to investigate the reproducibility of white-coat hypertension (WCH) and its predictive capacity for hypertension needing antihypertensive treatment (HT) in young to middle-age subjects. (2) Methods. We investigated 1096 subjects from the HARVEST. Office and 24 h blood pressures (BP) were measured at baseline and after 3 months. The reproducibility of WCH was evaluated with kappa statistics. The predictive capacity of WCH was tested in multivariate Cox models (N = 1050). (3) Results. Baseline WCH was confirmed at 3-month assessment in 33.3% of participants. Reproducibility was fair (0.27, 95%CI 0.20-0.37) for WCH, poor (0.14, 95%CI 0.09-0.19) for office hypertension, and moderate (0.47, 95%CI 0.41-0.53) for ambulatory hypertension. WCH assessed either at baseline or after 3 months (unstable WCH) was not a significant predictor of HT during 17.4 years of follow-up. However, participants who had WCH both at baseline and after 3 months (stable WCH) had an increased risk of HT compared to the normotensives (Hazard ratio, 1.50, 95%CI 1.06-2.1). (4) Conclusions. These results show that WCH has limited reproducibility. WCH diagnosed with two BP assessments but not with one showed an increased risk of future HT. Our data indicate that WCH should be identified with two sets of office and ambulatory BP measurements.

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