Population
658 untreated essential hypertensives
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
4 weeks
Authors
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May aid risk stratification via nocturnal BP monitoring; leaves open whether targeting it reduces cardiac damage beyond dipping status.
In untreated essential hypertensives, nocturnal hypertension is highly prevalent, reproducible, and associated with cardiac organ damage independently of dipping status.
Cuspidi et al. (2011) studied this question.
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