Classification of blood pressure during sleep impacts designation of nocturnal nondipping.

ABSTRACT: The identification of nocturnal nondipping blood pressure (< 10% drop in mean systolic blood pressure from awake to sleep periods), as captured by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, is a valuable element of risk prediction for cardiovascular disease, independent of daytime or clinic blood pressure measurements. However, capturing measurements, including determination of wake/sleep periods, is challenging. Accordingly, we sought to evaluate the impact of different definitions and algorithms for defining sleep onset on the classification of nocturnal nondipping. Using approaches based upon participant self-reports, applied definition of a common sleep period (12 am -6 am), manual actigraphy, and automated actigraphy we identified changes to the classification of nocturnal nondipping, and

SUBMITTER: Mortazavi BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10263317 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature