Key result
Nocturnal systolic over-dipping in adolescent boys is linked to ~3.5-fold greater prevalence of increased BP load.
Cross-Sectional (n=190)
No
Over-dipping may flag higher BP load in adolescent boys; leaves open prognostic value and need for prospective validation.
Introduction Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) plays an important role in the management of patients with arterial hypertension (AH) [1-3]. This method of diagnosis provides information about average daytime, nighttime and 24-hours values of systolic, diastolic and pulse blood pressure, blood pressure load (BP load) and nocturnal decline of blood pressure, so it
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Клаучек et al. (2018) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy adolescents with normal blood pressure (n=190). Nocturnal over-dipping blood pressure pattern vs. Normal dipping pattern (dippers) was evaluated on Increased blood pressure load (>25% but <50%) (p=0.007). The occurrence of increased blood pressure load was significantly higher in adolescent boys with a nocturnal systolic blood pressure over-dipping pattern (66%) compared to normal dippers (19%).
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