Ambulatory blood pressure is better associated with target organ damage than clinic blood pressure in patients with primary glomerular disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood pressure is an important and modifiable cardiovascular risk factor. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) provides valuable prognostic information in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), yet little is known about the association of various types of BP measurements with target organ damage (TOD) in patients with primary glomerular disease. The goal of this study was to investigate whether ambulatory blood pressure is better associated with TOD than clinic blood pressure in patients with primary glomerular disease.

Methods

1178 patients with primary glomerular disease were recruited in this cross-sectional study. TOD were assessed by the following 4 parameters: left ventricular mass index (LVMI or LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy), estimated glom

SUBMITTER: Wen RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7731761 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature