It’s well-established that the anxiety that medical environments provoke in some people sometimes leads to abnormally high blood pressure readings.
But a study conducted in Japan holds promise for those with white coat syndrome: Blood pressure readings at home might be more effective than those conducted at the doctor’s office at predicting stroke or heart problems.
The study of 21,000 patients with high blood pressure found that, for those who tracked their blood pressure at home in the morning, a blood pressure of above 145 mm Hg or higher was associated with significantly more strokes than a blood pressure below 125 mm Hg.
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