Why the study?
Does elevated nighttime systolic ambulatory blood pressure predict new-onset atrial fibrillation in adults aged 40 to 59 years?
Population
903 subjects with or without hypertension aged 40 to 59 years, recruited to the Oulu Project Elucidating…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
average 16.4 ± 3.6 years
Authors
Loading...
Nighttime ABP may refine AF risk assessment beyond daytime values; hypothesis-generating for nocturnal BP targets in prevention.
Does elevated nighttime systolic ambulatory blood pressure predict new-onset atrial fibrillation in adults aged 40 to 59 years?
Elevated nighttime systolic ambulatory blood pressure is an independent predictor of long-term risk for new-onset atrial fibrillation requiring hospital evaluation.
Perkiömäki et al. (2016) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: