The association of home and accurately measured office blood pressure with coronary artery calcification among general Japanese men

Objective: We conducted a cross-sectional study to clarify whether home blood pressure (HBP) is more strongly associated with coronary artery calcification (CAC) than accurately measured office blood pressure (OBP) among the general population of Japanese men. Methods: We analyzed the data of 919 Japanese male participants who were randomly selected from general population (mean age 64.5 years). OBP was measured twice consecutively by a trained...