Research Article

Self-Monitoring Home Blood Pressure in Community-Dwelling Older People: Age Differences in White-Coat and Masked Phenomena and Related Factors—The SONIC Study

Table 3

Number of participants by age group with different ΔSBP in antihypertensive participants.

ΔSBP < 0 (N = 92)0 ≦ ΔSBP ≦ 10 (N = 67)ΔSBP>10 (N = 132)-value

70s N (%)14 (23.3)14 (23.3)32 (53.4)0.223
80s N (%)66 (33.2)46 (23.1)87 (43.7) 0.568
90s N (%)12 (37.5)7 (21.9)13 (40.6)※0.223

ΔSBP = On-site_SBP-Home_SBP; statistical analysis: chi-square test. ※: ΔSBP < 0 vs. ΔSBP > 10.