background: diabetic patients have a higher prevalence of non-dipping pattern in blood pressure (bp) than general population. non-dipping arterial pressure pattern is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. the objective of this study was to investigate the association between the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of the diabetic patients with circadian bp variability. m aterials...

Sleep apnoea is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Sleep apnoea is common after stroke and associated with increased blood pressure variability as described by Turkington and co-workers in this issue of Clinical Science. Both sleep apnoea and blood pressure variability confer a poor prognosis after stroke and are potentially treatable. Many studies of CPAP (continuous positive airwa...

Systematic reviews can often reveal much more than the original objective of the work. The objectives of this retrospective analysis were to answer three basic questions about blood pressure variability: 1) Does blood pressure entry criterion have an effect on baseline blood pressure variability? 2) Do thiazide diuretics have a significant effect on blood pressure variability? and 3) Does systo...

Increased Blood Pressure Variability in Aging Rats After Intrauterine Growth Restriction To the Editor: To determine which aspect of blood pressure is associated the most with end-organ damage, several parameters are used like average blood pressure, pulse pressure, and blood pressure variability. In a recent article, Tatasciore et al1 showed that blood pressure variability is more closely asso...