Nocturnal blood pressure rather than night-to-day blood pressure ratio is related to arterial stiffening in untreated young and middle-aged adults with non-dipper hypertension.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about nocturnal blood pressure (BP) or night-to-day BP ratio, which is a more specific determinant of arterial stiffness in subjects with non-dipper hypertension? This study aims to investigate the correlation of nocturnal BP and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (ba PWV), an index of arterial stiffness in untreated young and middle-aged adults with non-dipper hypertension. A cross-sectional analysis of baseline parameters of the NARRAS trial was performed. Twenty-four hour ambulatory BP measurements, ba PWV and routine clinical data collection were performed in all patients. The relationship of 24-h ambulatory BP profiles, biochemical measures as well as demographic parameters and ba PWV were analyzed using Pearson's correlation and multiple stepwise regression analysis.

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9380157 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature