Prognostic value of isolated nocturnal hypertension on ambulatory measurement in 8711 individuals from 10 populations

Hong-Qi Fan, Yan Li, Lutgarde Thijs, Tine W. Hansen, Jose Boggia, Masahiro Kikuya, Kristina Bjorklund-Bodegard, Tom Richart, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Jorgen Jeppesen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Eamon Dolan, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, Valerie Tikhonoff, Sofia Malyutina, Edoardo Casiglia, Yuri Nikitin, Lars Lind, Edgardo SandoyaKalina Kawecka-Jaszcz, Yutaka Imai, Hans Ibsen, Eoin O'Brien, Jiguang Wang, Jan A. Staessen*

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Abstract

We and other investigators previously reported that isolated nocturnal hypertension on ambulatory measurement (INH) clustered with cardiovascular risk factors and was associated with intermediate target organ damage. We investigated whether INH might also predict hard cardiovascular endpoints.We monitored blood pressure (BP) throughout the day and followed health outcomes in 8711 individuals randomly recruited from 10 populations (mean age 54.8 years, 47.0% women). Of these, 577 untreated individuals had INH (daytime BP
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2036-2045
JournalJournal of Hypertension
Volume28
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2010

Keywords

  • ambulatory blood pressure
  • epidemiology
  • population science
  • risk factors

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