Self-Measured Bed-Time, Arising and Day Blood Pressures of Normotensive Young Male and Female Adults
- Author:
Nyunt Wai
;
Sze Wei Thing
;
Ting Ngiik Liing
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
bed-time vs. arising blood pressure, selfmeasured, normotensive, young adults
- From:International e-Journal of Science, Medicine and Education
2011;5(1):31-33
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Morning surge in blood pressure is an
independent cardiovascular risk factor in the middleaged
and the elderly. Whether such a surge occurs in
young subjects is not known. Eighty normotensive
subjects (age: 21.8 ± 1.3 yr) measured their own blood
pressure (BP) using an automatic device (Omron
HEM-7080,) on going to bed and on waking up, for 2
consecutive days. In contrast to large morning BP surges
reported for older age groups, there was much smaller
but significant (P<0.002) rise only in the DBP (1.9 ±
5 mm Hg) on waking up on day 2 in young subjects.
The duration of sleep and the time the subjects slept
influence the sleep-wake BP change.
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