Association between blood pressure dipping patterns and hypertension-mediated organ damage among Nigerians with newlydiagnosed hypertension
- Resource Type
- Authors
- J.A. Ogunmodede; A. B. Omotoso; O. D Ojo; I.A. Katibi; A. Adesokan; B.F. Dele-Ojo; M.A. Adeoye; Philip M Kolo
- Source
- Research Journal of Health Sciences. 9:197-206
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Ambulatory blood pressure
biology
business.industry
Dipper
Nigerians
Mean age
biology.organism_classification
Left ventricular hypertrophy
medicine.disease
Organ damage
Blood pressure
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
business
Body mass index
- Language
- ISSN
- 2467-8252
2360-7793
Introduction: Abnormal blood pressure (BP) dipping patterns are associated with increased cardiovascular risk among Africans. This study determined the association between BP dipping patterns and hypertension-mediated organ damage among patients with newly-diagnosed hypertension.Methods: Ambulatory BP monitoring and echocardiography were carried out on 120 participants. Participants were categorized based on the ratio of night-time to day-time systolic BP into 4 patterns: Normal dipper (≥ 10% but < 20%), non-dippers (≥ 0% but < 10%), reverse dippers (