January 1, 1992Journal of Hypertension

Ambulatory blood pressure measurement, smoking and abnormalities of glucose and lipid metabolism in essential hypertension

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Why the study?

Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring reveal differences in blood pressure profiles among hypertensive patients with varying risk factors (smoking, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia) despite similar casual blood pressure?

Population

61 subjects with sustained essential hypertension

Comparison

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring assessed… vs Casual blood pressure measurement and…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

RARoland AsmarVascular Medicine XGXavier GirerdDélégation Paris 5 MBMabrouk BrahimiUniversité Paris-Sud

Discussion

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Implication

ABPM may detect activity-related BP elevations missed by casual readings in smokers and hyperglycemic hypertensives; leaves open need for prospective outcome trials.

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Population

61 subjects with sustained essential hypertension

Intervention

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (24-h monitoring) assessed across subgroups (smokers, hyperglycemia, plasma lipoprotein abnormality)

Comparator

Casual blood pressure measurement (mercury sphygmomanometer) and comparisons against control subgroups (non-smokers, normoglycemic, normal lipoproteins)

Outcome

Ambulatory blood pressure parameters (systolic, diastolic, mean arterial pressure, and pulse pressure) during activity and non-activity periodssurrogate

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring reveals higher systolic and pulse pressures in hypertensive patients who smoke or have hyperglycemia, which are missed by standard casual blood pressure measurements.

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Asmar et al. (1992) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70c7b735aa2c282ce218e6 https://doi.org/10.1097/00004872-199202000-00012

Topics

Hypertension management

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Implication

ABPM may detect activity-related BP elevations missed by casual readings in smokers and hyperglycemic hypertensives; leaves open need for prospective outcome trials.

Ambulatory blood pressure measurement, smoking and abnormalities of glucose and lipid metabolism in essential hypertension

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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Ambulatory blood pressure measurement, smoking and abnormalities of glucose and lipid metabolism in essential hypertension

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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