In normotensive subjects, blood pressure and heart rate variability are significantly influenced by the sleep-wake cycle and physical/mental activity, with greater variability during waking hours.
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Normative variability data in normotensives should not change practice; leaves open whether activity-adjusted thresholds aid risk stratification.
Turjanmaa et al. (1987) studied this question.
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