Blood Pressure Non-Dipping and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: We examined the reduced blood pressure (BP) nocturnal fall in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by a meta-analysis including studies that provided data on prevalence rates of non-dipping (ND) pattern during 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). The PubMed, OVID-MEDLINE, and Cochrane CENTRAL literature databases were searched for appropriate articles without temporal restriction up to April 2019 through focused and sensitive search methods. Studies were identified by crossing the search terms as follows: "obstructive sleep apnea", "sleep quality", "non dipping", "reduced nocturnal BP fall", "circadian BP variation", "night-time BP", and "ambulatory blood pressure monitoring". Meta-analysis included 1562 patients with OSA from different clinical settings and 957 non-OSA

SUBMITTER: Cuspidi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6780266 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature