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Rest before blood pressure measurement: a lesson from SPRINT

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The SPRINT data suggest a cardiovascular benefit of intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering in high-risk individuals. The BP measurement protocol, however, likely resulted in lower BP values than would normally be obtained in the clinic. Intensive BP targets might not be as safe if routine BP measurements are used.

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1481 West 10th Street, 111N, Indianapolis, 46202, Indiana, USA

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R.A. has consulted for pharmaceutical companies that make antihypertensive drugs: Abbvie, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Johnson and Johnson, Merck, Novartis and Takeda. He serves on the steering committees of clinical trials funded by Bayer, Celgene, Johnson and Johnson, Opko and Relypsa.

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Agarwal, R. Rest before blood pressure measurement: a lesson from SPRINT. Nat Rev Nephrol 12, 127–128 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2016.2

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