Figure 5: Percent on white coat hypertension caused based on type of person measuring blood pressure and their attire. This graph shows that certain types of health care providers are more prone to causing white coat hypertension than others. Specifically, physicians caused the greatest amount of white coat hypertension, with nurses causing an intermediate amount, and technicians causing limited white coat hypertension. Wearing a white lab coat increased the amount of white coat hypertension caused by each healthcare provider. Abbreviations- ABPM: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor, BP: Blood Pressure, CVTs: Technicians, mmHg: Millimeters of Mercury.