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Rosen said he talked his way out of that diagnosis by assuring doctors he had “white-coat syndrome,” also known as “white-coat hypertension” — readings that are high in a medical setting but otherwise normal.

Hwang said one study showed up to 50 percent of patients had lower blood pressure at home, probably because of both white-coat hypertension and mistakes when taken in an office.

In 30 percent to 40 percent of cases in which office blood pressure readings are consistently elevated, the cause is so-called “white-coat hypertension” – meaning the child is simply stressed from seeing a doctor.

Part of white-coat hypertension could be that you’re stressed from getting to the office.

And, some people experience "white-coat hypertension" -- an increase in blood pressure at the doctor's office from stress -- when having their blood pressure taken.