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Blood Pressure
Nighttime BP has better prognostic value than daytime BP
March 31st, 2005
Researchers have investigated ambulatory blood pressure and the 10-year risk of cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality. According to scientists in Japan, "The objective of [our] study was to elucidate the long-term prognostic significance of ambulatory blood pressure. Ambulatory and casual blood pressure values were obtained from 1332 subjects (872 women and 460 men) aged {{>=}}40 years from the general population of a rural Japanese community. Survival was then followed for 14,370 patient years and analyzed by a Cox hazard model adjusted for possible confounding factors." M. Kikuya and colleagues of Tohoku University reported, "There were...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-31)
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