1. Age is an Independent Risk Factor for the Early Morning Blood Pressure Surge in Patients Never-Treated for Hypertension
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Hee-Youl Kim, Yong-Seog Oh, Chan Seok Park, Jong-Min Lee, Sang-Hyun Ihm, Chul Soo Park, Wook-Sung Chung, Jae-Hyung Kim, Ho-Joong Youn, Yun-Seok Choi, Ki-Bae Seung, and Dong-Hyeon Lee
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Ambulatory blood pressure ,business.industry ,Odds ratio ,Essential hypertension ,medicine.disease ,Blood pressure monitoring, ambulatory ,Blood pressure ,Internal medicine ,Hypertension ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Cardiology ,Original Article ,Risk factor ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Body mass index ,Age factors ,Dyslipidemia ,Morning - Abstract
Background and Objectives The early morning blood pressure surge (EMBPS) has been reported to be associated with cardiovascular events. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) parameters and conventional cardiovascular risk factors. Subjects and Methods Patients (n=346) never-treated for essential hypertension with no other cardiovascular risk factors, such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, and nephropathy were enrolled. The EMBPS was defined as the early morning systolic BP minus the lowest night systolic BP. We compared the 24-hour ABPM parameters in two groups divided by age (28 mmHg) after adjusting for gender differences, body mass index, and various 24-hour ABPM parameters (odds ratio, 1.051; 95% confidence interval, 1.028-1.075; p
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- 2009
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