A single 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure recording is insufficient to fully characterize an individual's diurnal BP profile due to poor reproducibility of diurnal curve parameters.
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Single ABPM recordings warrant cautious interpretation of dipping status; leaves open whether repeated monitoring improves characterization in hypertension research.
Staessen et al. (1992) studied this question.
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