Afternoon Blood Pressure Increase: A Blood Pressure Pattern Associated With Microvascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | Zendy

Caroline K. Kramer | Zendy; Cristiane Bauermann Leitão | Zendy; Luís Henrique Santos Canani | Zendy; J. L. Gross | Zendy

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Afternoon Blood Pressure Increase: A Blood Pressure Pattern Associated With Microvascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Author(s) -

Caroline K. Kramer,

Cristiane Bauermann Leitão,

Luís Henrique Santos Canani,

J. L. Gross

Publication year - 2010

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.2010.202

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , prehypertension , diastole , ambulatory blood pressure , cardiology , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology

Minor blood pressure (BP) alterations detected by ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) was associated with microvascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). We examined whether a previously described afternoon BP peak is linked to hypertension status and associated with microvascular complications.

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