Cardiovascular Events Risk in Office-Masked Nocturnal Hypertension Defined by Home Blood Pressure Monitoring
Corrected 23 Oct 2026: The values shown beside the hazard ratios were the share of participants in each blood-pressure category, not the event rate; removed.
Authors' conclusion
Screening for office-masked nocturnal hypertension with HBPM identifies a potentially important group of patients with increased risk for incident CVD events for whom additional preventative measures may be appropriate.
Study context
- Population
- Japanese participants at high CV risk in clinical practice152 cardiovascular disease (CVD) events
- Participants
- 2,545 participants
- Exposure
- Nocturnal BP phenotypes defined by office BP and nocturnal home BP monitoring
- Outcome
- Time to first CVD event (fatal and nonfatal stroke or CHD)
- Follow-up
- Median 7.8 years
Methodological detailsOffice BP: 3 readings on 2 occasions; nocturnal home BP 3 times per night for 2 weeks; Cox regression
- Office BP: 3 readings on 2 occasions; nocturnal home BP 3 times per night for 2 weeks; Cox regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
First CVD event · median 7.8 years
Each group vs nocturnal normotensionAdjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)
Office-masked nocturnal hypertension
1.72(1.01–2.92)
Sustained nocturnal hypertension
1.75(1.03–2.96)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Cardiovascular Events Risk in Office-Masked Nocturnal Hypertension Defined by Home Blood Pressure Monitoring. JACC Adv. Published 7 November 2024. doi:10.
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