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Pharmaceuticals 2010, 3, 419-432; doi:10.3390/ph3020419 OPEN ACCESS pharmaceuticals ISSN 1424-8247 /journal/pharmaceuticals Review Home and Office Blood Pressure Control among Treated Hypertensive Patients in Japan: Findings from the Japan Home versus Office Blood Pressure Measurement Evaluation (J-HOME) Study Taku Obara 1,2, Takayoshi Ohkubo 1,3,*, Michihiro Satoh 1, Nariyasu Mano 2 and Yutaka Imai 1 1 Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, 2- 1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan; E-Mails: dontaku@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp (T.O.); sato-m@m.tains.tohoku.ac.jp (M.S.); rinsyo@mail.pharm.tohoku.ac.jp (Y.I.) 2 Department of Pharmacy, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan; E-Mail: n-mano@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp (N.M.) 3 Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: tohkubo@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp; Tel.: +81-22-795-4528; Fax: +81-22-795-6839. Received: 14 December 2009; in revised form: 29 January 2010 / Accepted: 2 February 2010 / Published: 4 February 2010 Abstract: Appropriate control of blood pressure (BP) is essential for prevention of future cardiovascular events. However, BP control among treated hypertensive patients has been insufficient. Recently, the usefulness of self-measured BP at home (home BP measurement) for the management