Why the study?
Does a non-dipping blood pressure pattern increase the risk of target organ damage and cardiovascular events compared to a dipping pattern?
Population
Hypertensive and normotensive individuals evaluated for diurnal blood pressure variation (dipping status)
Comparison
Non-dipping blood pressure pattern vs Dipping blood pressure pattern
Design
Review
Authors
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Non-dipping BP should not yet inform clinical decisions; leaves open whether better reproducibility protocols could strengthen its prognostic role.
Does a non-dipping blood pressure pattern increase the risk of target organ damage and cardiovascular events compared to a dipping pattern?
Although non-dipping blood pressure is associated with worse cardiovascular outcomes and target organ damage, its poor reproducibility challenges its routine use for clinical decision-making.
Thomas G. Pickering (2005) studied this question.
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