Why the study?
Does the number of metabolic syndrome components affect ambulatory blood pressure levels and circadian variations in untreated essential hypertensive patients?
Population
519 never-treated patients with uncomplicated grade 1 and 2 essential hypertension attending a hypertension…
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
two 24-h periods within 4 weeks
Authors
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ABPM parameters do not differ by metabolic syndrome component count in untreated hypertension; leaves open prognostic implications beyond BP.
Does the number of metabolic syndrome components affect ambulatory blood pressure levels and circadian variations in untreated essential hypertensive patients?
The extent of metabolic syndrome components does not significantly influence ambulatory blood pressure levels or circadian blood pressure variations in patients with uncomplicated essential hypertension.
Cuspidi et al. (2005) studied this question.
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