Why the study?
The cardiovascular disease and mortality risk associated with morning blood pressure surge and its components among black adults was unknown.
Are morning blood pressure surge and its individual components associated with cardiovascular disease events and all-cause mortality in black adults?
Are morning blood pressure surge and its individual components associated with cardiovascular disease events and all-cause mortality in black adults?
Among black adults, the absolute individual components of morning blood pressure (such as postawakening SBP), rather than the calculated morning surge itself, are significant predictors of cardiovascular disease risk.
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Morning BP surge–CVD links in black adults remain uncertain; leaves open whether surge-targeted strategies warrant testing in this population.
Booth et al. (2020) studied this question.
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