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SUBMITTER: Yan B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4853743 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20160503
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. Revers ...[more]