MASKED AND WHITE-COAT HYPERTENSION

Key findings of study: 

• IHS has found that Indians have an average resting heart rate of 80 beats per minute which is higher than the desired rate of 72 beats per minute. 
  
  
• Unlike people of other countries, Indians have higher blood pressure in the evenings than in mornings. 
  
  
• There is a high prevalence of masked hypertension and white-coat hypertension in Indians at 42 percent on first visit to a doctor's clinic.