Why the study?
Does high blood pressure variability predict fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events in treated hypertensive patients?
Population
1472 treated hypertensive patients
Comparison
High blood pressure variability vs Low blood pressure variability
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
4.88 +/- 2.9 years (range 0.2-11.6 years)
Authors
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High BP variability is not an independent predictor of CV events in treated hypertension; leaves open its added value beyond standard risk factors.
Does high blood pressure variability predict fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events in treated hypertensive patients?
In treated hypertensive patients, blood pressure variability assessed by noninvasive monitoring is not an independent predictor of cardiovascular outcomes after adjusting for other established risk factors.
Pierdomenico et al. (2006) studied this question.
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