Why the study?
Is there an association between the occurrence of headache and variation of blood pressure in mildly hypertensive patients?
Population
76 patients with mild hypertension
Comparison
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring vs Patients without headache during monitoring, and…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
24 hours
Authors
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Headache episodes were not associated with BP changes in mild hypertension; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change monitoring practices.
Is there an association between the occurrence of headache and variation of blood pressure in mildly hypertensive patients?
In mildly hypertensive patients, headache episodes are not associated with significant variations in blood pressure, suggesting patients should not rely on headaches as an indicator of their BP levels.
Gus et al. (2001) studied this question.
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