Open AccessImpaired Diurnal Blood Pressure Variation and All-cause Mortality
Author(s) -
Daniel J. Brotman,
Michael Davidson,
M. Boumitri,
Donald G. Vidt
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2007.7
Subject(s) - medicine , ambulatory blood pressure , blood pressure , cardiology , hazard ratio , dipper , heart failure , percentile , confidence interval , kidney disease , statistics , mathematics
Most healthy people exhibit a decrease in systolic blood pressure (SBP) at night. A drop of <10% from mean daytime values, "non-dipping," is associated with kidney disease and cardiovascular events. We hypothesized that non-dipping would predict all-cause mortality.
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