Clinical risk factors and predictive score for the non-dipper profile in hypertensive patients: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Night-time BP, especially non-dipper, is a stronger predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a gold standard for the detection of non-dippers but it often is unavailable and expensive. This study aims to determine clinical risk factors that predict non-dipper.

Methods

An exploratory traditional case-control study, exclusive sampling of control was conducted from January 2013 to September 2018 to explore clinical risk factors associated with non-dippers in hypertensive patients. Subgroup analysis was performed in each treated and untreated hypertensive patient. The parsimonious predictive score for non-dippers was constructed.

Results

The study included 208 hypertensive patients receiving 24 h ABPM. There w

SUBMITTER: Chotruangnapa C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8591836 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature