White coat hypertension is defined as an increased blood pressure measurement that results from various influences in the professional environment, for example patient anxiety. Back to Top

When people with white coat hypertension take blood presure lowering medication, what usually happens is that the mediation lowers the blood pressure measured in the doctor's office, but has little effect on the pressure outside the office, which by definition is normal to begin with.

White coat hypertension is quite common, occurring in about 20 per cent of hypertensive patients. Actually, the increase of blood pressure in a doctor's office occurs no less frequently in patients with sustained hypertension, but the implications are different, because these people are still hypertensive outside the doctor's office. White coat hypertension can occur in just about anyone. We find it to be a little commoner in women than in men, and it's surprisingly common in older people.

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Although the Society is largely dedicated to scientific research, we do offer some information for those dealing with hypertension. Please visit our page "About Hypertension" and click on the links under “Information for the General Public and Patients”. To find the name of an ASH Specialist in your area, please search our Specialist Directory. In addition, you can click on Hypertension Related Links to find other organizations that focus on hypertension.

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The ASH Specialists Program created the Specialist in Clinical Hypertension designation for the specific purpose of identifying and recognizing physicians with expert skills and knowledge in the management of clinical hypertension and related disorders. These physicians can act as local and regional consultants for the more complex and difficult cases and also assist in advice regarding guidelines and process improvement.

More than 95 per cent of patients with high blood pressure have essential hypertension, which means that no specific cause can be found. The other 5 per cent are potentially the lucky ones, because many of them have a form of hypertension for which there is the possibility of a permanent cure.