Why the study?
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring detect early blood pressure changes in normotensive type 1 diabetic children compared to healthy controls?
Population
40 normotensive type 1 diabetic children and 24 healthy age- and sex-matched children as a control group.
Comparison
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring vs Healthy age- and sex-matched children
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Supports ABPM for early BP detection in normotensive T1DM children; leaves open links to outcomes and need for prospective validation.
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring detect early blood pressure changes in normotensive type 1 diabetic children compared to healthy controls?
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring reveals significant early BP changes and nocturnal non-dipping in normotensive type 1 diabetic children, which correlate with microalbuminuria and may predict future renal and cardiovascular risk.
Shalaby et al. (2015) studied this question.
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