Does nondipping of blood pressure at night reflect a trait of blunted cardiovascular responses to daily activities?
| Autor: | Katri Räikkönen, Nadine M. Melhem, A. Asogun, Karen A. Matthews, Rolf G. Jacob, Clareann H. Bunker, Kofi Kondwani, Ukoli Fa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Activities of daily living media_common.quotation_subject Posture Blood Pressure Nocturnal Motor Activity Sitting Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena Activities of Daily Living medicine Humans General Psychology media_common Aged Blood Pressure Monitoring Ambulatory Middle Aged Adaptation Physiological Physical activity level Circadian Rhythm Psychiatry and Mental health Mood Blood pressure Cross-Sectional Studies Feeling Ambulatory Hypertension Physical therapy Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. 27(2) |
| ISSN: | 0883-6612 |
| Popis: | Background: Individuals who fail to show a decline in blood pressure (BP) when asleep or at night (labeled nocturnal nondippers) are at elevated risk for hypertension and associated targetorgan damage.Purpose: We tested whether the well-established changes in BP exhibited in response to daily activities are also blunted in nocturnal nondippers.Methods: Cross-sectional study of 41 women and 56 men, aged 27 to 71 years, residing in Benin, Nigeria, enrolled in a health survey of civil servants. Ambulatory 24-hr BP monitoring was performed with concurrent diary recordings of physical activity level, posture, location, state of mental activity, interpersonal interaction, and mood obtained during the waking hours.Results: Nocturnal nondippers exhibited smaller cardiovascular responses to changes in posture (from lying to sitting or to standing, ps |
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