Women May Need Lower Ambulatory BP Cutoffs

SOURCE:  Medpage Today

DATE:  May 22, 2012

EXCERPT:  "The ambulatory blood pressure monitoring cutoff for the diagnosis of hypertension should be lower in women than in men, a researcher suggested here."  more

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 "Gender differences in ambulatory blood pressure thresholds for diagnosis of hypertension based on cardiovascular outcomes" presented by Hermida R, et al, at  2012 American Society of Hypertension  Annual Scientific Meeting & Exposition, 19-22 May 2012, New York City, Abstract FP-4.

Meeting Abstracts of the American Society of Hypertension, Inc. Twenty-Seventh Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition. May 19-22, 2012. New York, New York, in:

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2012 Apr;14 Suppl 1:1. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00665.x.