Prevalence and clinical correlates of white coat effect in patients with chronic kidney disease and the role of automated blood pressure device in its assessment

Context: Hypertension in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important modifiable cardiovascular risk factor. Patients with CKD can have clinically significant white coat effect (WCE), making routine clinic blood pressure (BP) measurements an unreliable indicator of actual BP control. Automated BP mo...

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Main Authors: Srinivas Shenoy, Shankar Prasad Nagaraju, Nileshwar R Rau, Ravindra A Prabhu, Uday Venkat Mateti, Dharshan Rangaswamy, Indu R Rao, Karan Saraf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.indianjnephrol.org/article.asp?issn=0971-4065;year=2018;volume=28;issue=6;spage=448;epage=453;aulast=Shenoy