Day-night dip and early-morning surge in blood pressure in hypertension: prognostic implications.

P, Verdecchia; F, Angeli; G, Mazzotta; M, Garofoli; E, Ramundo; G, Gentile; G, Ambrosio; G, Reboldi

doi:10.1161/hypertensionaha.112.191858

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Day-night dip and early-morning surge in blood pressure in hypertension: prognostic implications.

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Verdecchia P

Angeli F

Mazzotta G

Abstract

We investigated the relationship between the day-night blood pressure (BP) dip and the early morning BP surge in an cohort of 3012 initially untreated subjects with essential hypertension. The day-night reduction in systolic BP showed a direct association with the sleep trough (r = 0.564; P < 0.0001...

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