Reproducibility of daytime hypertension, night-time hypertension, and nocturnal blood pressure dipping patterns in young to middle age patients with stage 1 hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the reproducibility of ambulatory BP sub-periods and nocturnal dipping phenotypes assessed twice 3 months apart in young-to-middle-age untreated individuals screened for stage 1 hypertension.

Design and methods

We investigated 1096, 18-to-45-year old participants from the HARVEST. Their office BP was 145.8 ± 10.4/93.7 ± 5.7 mmHg. Office BP and 24 h BP were measured at baseline and after 3 months. Office, 24-h, daytime and night-time hypertensions, and nocturnal dipping patterns were defined according to the 2023 ESH guidelines. Between-recording agreement was evaluated with kappa statistics.

Results

Reproducibility evaluated with weighted kappa was moderate for both 24 h hypertension ( K  = 0.48) and daytime hypertension ( K  = 0.50) and was o

SUBMITTER: Palatini P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11608614 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature