Day-by-Day Blood Pressure Variability

Day-to-day blood pressure variability and dementia

Day-by-day blood pressure variability: cause or consequence of vascular brain injury?

D ementia represents an important public health issue in developed countries because of increasing longevity of the elderly population. 1 Cerebral damage is mediated by changes in cerebral vasculature affecting both large and small vessels. 2 The microvascular disease results in chronic ischemic changes affecting the white matter, which in the long run can lead to cognitive alterations, which m...

Day-by-Day Blood Pressure Variability and Functional Outcome After Acute Ischemic Stroke: Fukuoka Stroke Registry.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The relationship between blood pressure (BP) variability and functional outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke remains unclear. This study aimed to elucidate whether in-hospital day-by-day BP variability is associated with functional outcome after acute ischemic stroke. METHODS Using the Fukuoka Stroke Registry, we included 2566 patients with a first-ever ischem...

Day-to-Day Blood Pressure Variability and Risk of Dementia in a General Japanese Elderly Population

BACKGROUND Several observational studies have reported that higher visit-to-visit blood pressure variability is a risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia. However, no studies have investigated the association of day-to-day blood pressure variability assessed by home blood pressure measurement with the development of dementia. METHODS A total of 1674 community-dwelling Japanese elder...

Day-to-day variability in home blood pressure is associated with cognitive decline: the Ohasama study.

Although an association between high blood pressure and cognitive decline has been reported, no studies have investigated the association between home blood pressure and cognitive decline. Home blood pressure measurements can also provide day-to-day blood pressure variability calculated as the within-participant SD. The objectives of this prospective study were to clarify whether home blood pre...