Factors Associated With Day-By-Day Variability of Self-Measured Blood Pressure at Home: The Ohasama Study
Author(s) -
Tatsuki Kato,
Masahiro Kikuya,
Takayoshi Ohkubo,
Masahiro Satoh,
A. Hara,
Taku Obara,
Hirohito Metoki,
K. Asayama,
Takuo Hirose,
Ryusuke Inoue,
A. Kanno,
Kazuhito Totsune,
H. Hoshi,
Hiroshi Satoh,
Yoko Imai
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.2010.94
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , day to day , time of day , cardiology , zoology , operations management , economics , biology
We previously reported that high day-by-day blood pressure (BP) variability derived from self-measured BP at home (home BP) predicted cardiovascular mortality over and beyond other risk factors. The objective of this study is to clarify the determinants of the day-by-day home-BP variability.
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