Elevated sleep-time systolic blood pressure was an independent vascular risk factor (F = 9.005, p < 0.001) and a better marker of subclinical hypertension-mediated organ damage than awake or 24-hour means.
Cohort (n=252)
Does sleep-time blood pressure assessed by ambulatory monitoring better predict vascular risk and organ damage compared to office blood pressure in hypertensive patients?
Sleep-time systolic blood pressure measured by ambulatory monitoring is an independent predictor of vascular risk and a superior marker for hypertension-mediated organ damage compared to awake or 24-hour measurements.
Effect estimate: F = 9.005
p-value: p=< .001
We report the analysis of 252 hypertensive patients whose blood pressure (BP) was assessed by around-the-clock ambulatory BP monitoring compared to office BP measurement during a follow-up investigation of 8.7 y (SD: 2.43 y) that evaluated the added value of measuring sleep-time BP values. We found that 37.3% of the patients had mismatched diagnoses between the two techniques of BP assessment, with 11.5% of the patients showing white-coat hypertension and 25.8% masked hypertension. Only 12.3% of the diagnosed and treated patients presented normal BP values. Nocturnal (sleep-time) hypertension was present in 70.63%. The sleep-time systolic BP mean was found to be an independent vascular risk factor (F = 9.005, p < .001), indirectly measured through the 10-year risk of morbidity and mortality. Additionally, the elevated sleep-time systolic BP mean was a better marker of subclinical hypertension-mediated organ damage (ρ = 0.19, p < .01) than either the awake (ρ = 0.168, p < .01) or 24 (ρ = 0.184, p < .01) systolic BP means. In conclusion, the accuracy and sleep-time measurements provided by ambulatory BP make it particularly relevant in hypertension diagnosis and management. The use of the ambulatory BP measurement method could end up modifying current therapeutic targets, with sleep-time systolic BP mean becoming a main one, in order to optimize hypertension control and reduce hypertension-related organ pathology and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality.
Pozo-Valero et al. (2020) conducted a cohort in Hypertension (n=252). Sleep-time systolic blood pressure mean vs. Awake or 24-hour systolic blood pressure means was evaluated on 10-year risk of morbidity and mortality (vascular risk) (F = 9.005, p=< .001). Elevated sleep-time systolic blood pressure was an independent vascular risk factor (F = 9.005, p < 0.001) and a better marker of subclinical hypertension-mediated organ damage than awake or 24-hour means.