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  • Title: Noninvasive ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure in essential hypertension. Effect of age on variability and disparity.
    Author: Dupont AG, Vanderniepen P, Volckaert A, Finne E, Six RO.
    Journal: J Clin Hypertens; 1986 Sep; 2(3):278-84. PubMed ID: 3783191.
    Abstract:
    Noninvasive daytime ambulatory blood pressure monitoring using the Remler M 2000 Portometer was performed on 84 hypertensive patients to study the effects of age on blood pressure variability and on disparity between office and ambulatory blood pressure. Disparity was higher in younger (less than 30 years) and in older (greater than 60 years) subgroups, as compared with middle-aged (30-60 years) patients. Disparity correlated with age in those greater than 30 years and increased with increasing office blood pressure. Systolic blood pressure, but not diastolic blood pressure, correlated with its variability. In patients greater than 30 years old, diastolic, but not systolic, variability correlated with age. Both, the younger and the older patients showed a higher blood pressure variability as compared with middle-aged patients. Variability and disparity were unrelated to sex.
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