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: Blood pressure (BP) exhibits seasonal variation with lower levels at higher environmental temperatures and higher at lower temperatures. This is a global phenomenon affecting both sexes, all age groups, normotensive individuals, and hypertensive patients. In treated hypertensive patients it may result in excessive BP decline in summer, or rise in winter, possibly deserving treatment modification. This Consensus Statement by the European ...

UNLABELLED: Variability is a phenomenon attributed to most biological processes and is a particular feature of blood pressure (BP) that concerns many physicians regarding the clinical meaning and the impact on their clinical practice. In this review, we assessed the role of different indices of BP variability in cardiovascular risk stratification. We reviewed the indices of BP variability derived from ambulatory BP monitoring (day-to-night ...

This review addresses methodological issues in the assessment of blood pressure variability and the predictive value of blood pressure variability derived from blood pressure readings obtained in the relaxed home environment. Preference should be given to indexes of blood pressure variability that are independent of the mean because we should evaluate the impact of blood pressure variability by eliminating the effect of blood pressure levels. ...

Background Home blood pressure is a more accurate prognosticator than office blood pressure and allows the observation of day-to-day blood pressure variability. Information on blood pressure change during the life course links the prediction of blood pressure elevation with age. We prospectively assessed age-related trends in home blood pressure, home pulse rate, and their day-to-day variability evaluated as a coefficient of variation. Methods ...

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring not only provides information on the blood pressure level, but on the diurnal changes in blood pressure as well. The present review summarizes the main findings of the International Database on Ambulatory blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDACO) with regard to risk stratification based on short-term blood pressure variability. An exaggerated morning surge, exceeding the 90th percentile of ...

Multiple blood pressure (BP) measurements allow an evaluation of BP variability and BP‑derived arterial stiffness indices. Periodic variations in BP are well known, from beat‑to‑beat BP readings in intra‑arterial measurement to seasonal variations in BP. Diurnal BP variation has been investigated in relation to its prognostic value. People with night‑to‑day BP ratio of 1 or higher, that is, those with a higher nocturnal than daytime BP, were ...

BACKGROUND: Hypertension and smoking independently contribute to the risk of stroke. Our objective was to investigate home blood pressure (HBP) levels, day-by-day BP variability, and smoking in the prediction of stroke in Japanese men. METHODS: In this study, 902 men (mean age, 58.6 years) without a past history of stroke were evaluated. HBP was measured once every morning for 4 weeks. Day-by-day BP variability was defined as within-subject ...

Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring provides information not only on the BP level but also on the diurnal changes in BP. In the present review, we summarized the main findings of the International Database on Ambulatory BP in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDACO) with regard to risk stratification based on BP variability. The predictive accuracy of daytime and nighttime BP and the night-to-day BP ratio depended on the disease outcome ...

The present paper provides an update of previous recommendations on Home Blood Pressure Monitoring from the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring and Cardiovascular Variability sequentially published in years 2000, 2008 and 2010. This update has taken into account new evidence in this field, including a recent statement by the American Heart association, as well as technological developments, which ...