BLOOD PRESSURE PHENOTYPES IN TREATED HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS IN SUMMER AND WINTER: FOCUS ON MASKED UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION. Part 2. The main markers

Background. Seasonal variability of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality emphasizes the need for the development of new preventive approaches. One of them could be early diagnostics of the unfavorable blood pressure (BP) phenotypes.Aim. To evaluate markers of the masked uncontrolled hypertension (MUH) phenotype in winter and summer in ambulatory treated hypertensive patients.Material and methods. We selected patients from the database (n=477; Ivanovo and Saratov residents) according to the following criteria: regular antihypertensive treatment (AHT), clinical BP