Why the study?
Does a diurnal rhythm of peripheral resistance exist in normotensive and hypertensive subjects confined to bed?
Does a diurnal rhythm of peripheral resistance exist in normotensive and hypertensive subjects confined to bed?
A sleep/waking rhythm of peripheral resistance exists independently of physical activity in normotensives and dipper hypertensives, but is reversed in non-dipper hypertensives.
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Reversed resistance rhythm in non-dippers may underlie nocturnal hypertension; hypothesis-generating for vascular mechanisms independent of activity.
Casiglia et al. (1996) studied this question.
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