I do hope a lot of you are measuring your Office BP or BP in a work environment.

I have readings with 115/75 at home but my office BP ranges from 125-140/80-90. At dr's office my magic No is 150/99

So if your home readings / readings in weekends are in 120-130/80-90 range then itz worthwile to take office readings because it could be significantly higher and you are spending 8 hrs in that zone.

[This message has been edited by sunkarthik (edited 10-17-2003).]

Mine is always higher at work and at the doctors office. I think that is fairly common.

HI Rick that is the point Im trying to make..the question is how high does it get in Office..when u are in a work situation.

You can have 115/75 in the morning at home but in office it could be range into 130-140/80-90.

Still within the range but you are spending 8hrs in a pre hypertensive stage.

It is critical for those who monitor at home and get values around 120-130/80-90 to evaluate BP at work environment because at office they could be in hypertensive zone.

.in such cases it is false to assume based on home monitoring that BP is well controlled bcos that does not include a range of BP in which the person spends 8 hrs.

Not to scare people but overall Im saying when we tlak abt home monitoring it is best not to just monitor at home but to also monitor at work especially if home readings are in 120-130/80-90 range.

[This message has been edited by sunkarthik (edited 10-17-2003).]

It can be 140/90 at work and much lower at home. I have told my doctor about it and he says it's stress. He isn't concerned enough about it to put me on any medication. I do understand what you are saying though. 8 hours is 8 hours. I am assuming he thinks most of the time it is good so no intervention is necessary.

Sunkarthik- I think you have brought up an interesting point.
I have always been, and still am, confused about the concept of using our "home" readings as the basis for whether our BP is truly under control or not.

If, lets say 8-12 hours of one's day is NOT sitting at home "at rest", and you're one of the millions of folks who leave the house and go to work every day, I think it makes sense to monitor your BP right smack bang in the middle of a workday...or at other times when you are on the go if indeed this is how most of your time is spent.

Anybody think otherwise? And if so, can you tell me why BP measured in a situation where many of us spend the LEAST amount of time, is a reliable indicator of our "true" BP.(?)

zuzu xxxx

zuzu and sunkarthik,

I'll weigh in on the side of "at-home" measurements. Here's my take on the matter: It's an average between the 8 hours at work and the 8 hours sound asleep.
Not really fair to take your highest stressed hour at work and assume that's your cardiac stress for 24.

Ahhh- But ZIP ol' pal ol' buddy, what if I work (often) 12-13 hours a day and only get a lousy 5 hours sleep a night?

zuzu xxx