White Coat Hypertension Persistence in Children and Adolescents: The Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium Study.

Objectives: To determine whether youth with white coat hypertension on initial ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) continue to demonstrate the same pattern on repeat ABPM.

Study Design: Retrospective longitudinal cohort study of patients referred for high blood pressure (BP) and diagnosed with white coat hypertension by ABPM who had follow-up ABPM 0.5-4.