Background: Non-dipping of nocturnal blood pressure is common in people with type 2 diabetes with hypertension and is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular and renal morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to identify the pattern of nocturnal non-dipping of BP in people with type 2 diabetes and its association with microalbuminuria. Methods: Data was examined from 100 patients with...

on diastolic pressure dipping. To the Editor: We appreciate the interest of Dr Sobiczewski and Dr Wirtwein in our study “Step Count is Associated With Lower Nighttime Systolic Blood Pressure and Increased Dipping.”1 This study, which included patients referred for ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) monitoring, shows that step count is associated with lower nighttime systolic blood pressures (BP) a...

A technology of automatically applying a postmilking teat dip via the milking machine prior to machine detachment was compared to manual postmilking teat dipping with a teat dip cup for effects on new IMI and iodine content in milk. One hundred twenty Holstein cows were experimentally challenged in a 22-wk trial with Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus and 148 Holstein cows were ...

Blood pressure (BP) follows a circadian rhythm, with 10% to 15% lower values during nighttime than during daytime. The absence of a nocturnal BP decrease (dipping) is associated with target organ damage, but the determinants of dipping are poorly understood. We assessed whether the nighttime BP and the dipping are associated with the circadian pattern of sodium excretion. Ambulatory BP and dayt...

We report spectral fitting results for Rosat PSPC observations of the dipping source X 1755-338. These results are consistent with the two-component model that we previously proposed consisting of a blackbody point source plus an extended power law component. Remarkably, the low energy cutoff of the spectrum does not change appreciably in dips, and it can be seen that dipping takes place in the...

The 2008 Wells earthquake occurred on a northeast-striking, southeast-dipping fault that is clearly delineated by the aftershock swarm to a depth of 10-12 km below sea level. However, Cenozoic rocks and structures around Wells primarily record east-west extension along northto north-northeast-striking, west-dipping normal faults that formed during the middle Miocene. These faults are responsibl...

Abnormal nocturnal blood pressure (BP) dipping status may be partly determined by nocturnal sympathetic activity. We studied the effect of nighttime dosing of an alpha(1)-adrenergic blocker, doxazosin, on the BP dipping status of 118 hypertensives, all of whom underwent 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring before and after treatment. The mean nighttime/daytime ratio of systolic BP was increased (0....

The dipping variations of circadian blood pressure (BP) correlate closely with target-organ damages and cardiovascular events. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between BP reverse dipping and the prevalence of stable coronary artery disease (sCAD) in hypertensive patients. Clinical data and the results of 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) were obtained from 718 hyp...