Asymptomatic postprandial hypotension in patients with diabetes: The KAMOGAWA-HBP study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

Postprandial hypotension (PPH) refers to a decrease in systolic blood pressure by ≥20 or to <90 mmHg from baseline ≥100 mmHg within 2 h of a meal. Previous studies have reported an association between diabetes and PPH; however, the characteristics of PPH in patients with diabetes remain unclear.

Materials and methods

We recruited patients with diabetes who regularly attended the diabetes outpatient clinic. Participants were instructed to carry out three sets of blood pressure measurements at six time points: just before and right after, and 30, 60, 90 and 120 min after their main meal of the day. Data on PPH symptoms were collected during an interview. To investigate the relationships between explanatory variables, PPH and associated symptoms, we carried ou

SUBMITTER: Kitae A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8089004 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature