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Independent association between age and circadian systolic blood pressure patterns in adults with hypertension.
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Hypertension; Oct2017, Vol. 19 Issue 10, p948-955, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Previous studies indicate a preliminary association between age and circadian blood pressure (BP) variation. This association would be affected by confounding factors in real-world populations. The authors investigated whether this is a convincingly independent association in a real-world population of adults with hypertension. Clinical data and findings of 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring were obtained from 297 consecutive adults with hypertension (60.19±0.77 years). BP dipping patterns were categorized based on the percentage of nocturnal BP drop. Multivariate linear regression analysis identified an independent correlation between age and percentage of nocturnal systolic BPdrop (β=-7.296; 95% CI, -10.430 to -4.162 [P<.001]). Reverse dippers were the oldest and extreme dippers were the youngest. A significant age difference was noted among patients grouped into four BP dipping patterns with and without adjustments for sex, body mass index, drugs, diabetes mellitus, smoking, 24-hour mean heart rate, and 24-hour mean systolic and diastolic BP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15246175
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Hypertension
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 125591133
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13057