Long work hours at the office linked to both regular and hidden high blood pressure

Office workers who logged 49-plus hours on the job weekly were 70% more likely to have a hidden form of high blood pressure called masked hypertension, compared to people who work less than 35 hours per week. Masked hypertension is high blood pressure that doesn’t appear during a regular blood pressure test at a medical visit and thus, often goes undetected.

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