Reproducibility study of nocturnal blood pressure dipping in patients with high cardiovascular risk.

ABSTRACT: It has been shown that in most people there is a physiological reduction in blood pressure during nighttime sleep, it falling by approximately 10% compared to daytime values (dippers). On the other hand, in some people, there is no nighttime reduction (non-dippers). Various studies have found an association between being a non-dipper and a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, but few have assessed whether the nocturnal pattern is maintained over time. From the database of the TAHPS study, data were available on 225 patients, each of whom underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) on four occasions over a period of 5 months. We studied the reproducibility of the nocturnal BP dipping pattern with mixed linear analysis and also calculated the concordance in the classifica

SUBMITTER: Burgos-Alonso N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8678773 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature