Blood pressure reverse dipping may associate with stable coronary artery disease in patients with essential hypertension: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: The dipping variations of circadian blood pressure (BP) correlate closely with target-organ damages and cardiovascular events. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between BP reverse dipping and the prevalence of stable coronary artery disease (sCAD) in hypertensive patients. Clinical data and the results of 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) were obtained from 718 hypertensive patients (390 males, mean age 59.6?±?13.8 years) in a single centre in Northern China. Reverse dipping pattern was defined as nocturnal systolic BP (SBP) was higher than daytime SBP. A logistic regression model was applied to explore the independent risk factors of sCAD. The patients with BP reverse dipping accounted for 31.5% in sCAD group and 19.5% in control group (P?

SUBMITTER: Yan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4853743 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature