Screening for Hypertension in Adults

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Abstract
Hypertension is highly prevalent and one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD).1-3 Blood pressure can be modified with lifestyle interventions,4-6 and good-quality randomized clinical trials (RCTs) demonstrate the effectiveness of antihypertensive pharmacological treatments to reduce CVD and total mortality.7,8 While office-based screening for hypertension in adults has been standard of care in the US for decades,9 office-based methods may misclassify individuals (white coat or masked hypertension). Contemporary research in blood pressure measurement has considered the potential benefits of out-of-office or novel office-based measurement modalities.

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