Borderline, white coat and sustained hypertensia: A comparative study a normotensia in personnels of 18-42 year old at Dr. Sardjito General Hospital, Yogyakarta

A Study of Cross Sectional Survey on 350 subjects from 1216 non physician staffs aged 18-42 at Dr. Sardjito General Hospital was done. There were 51 persons with Borderline Hypertension (15%), consisted of 35 males (68,6%) and 16 females (31,4%), with self monitoring blood pressure at home. The subjects whose average home blood pressure Mean + 1SD and Mean + 2SD, having borderline hypertension had sustained hypertension (SH) and blood pressure while normotensive Mean + 1SD had White Coat Hypertension (WCH). This study found WCH in 25 subjects (49%) and SH 26 subjects (51%). Heart rate of WCH group (83,7-+-5,7) had no significant difference, compared to SH group (86,2 ± 4,1), but was more rapid than normotensive group (74,5 ± 3,6) (p