title: Circadian variation of blood pressure in patients with diabetic nephropathy.
abstract: The association between diurnal blood pressure variation and diabetic nephropathy was assessed in four groups of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients who underwent 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring using an oscillometric technique. Patients with nephropathy, who had never been treated for hypertension (group D3, n = 13), were individually matched for age, sex and diabetes duration to a group of microalbuminuric patients (D2, n = 26), to normoalbuminuric patients (D1, n = 26) and to healthy control subjects (C, n = 26). Group D3 was also compared to patients with advanced nephropathy receiving treatment for hypertension, mainly a combination of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, metoprolol and diuretics (D4, n = 11). In group D3 24-h diastolic blood pressure (85 +/- 8 mm Hg) was comparable to the results obtained in D4 (85 +/- 8 mm Hg) but significantly higher than in D2 (78 +/- 7 mm Hg), D1 (73 +/- 7 mm Hg) and C (73 +/- 7 mm Hg, p < 0.05, Tukey's test). The night/day ratio of diastolic blood pressure was higher in D3 (86 +/- 5%) and D2 (85 +/- 7%) than in C (80 +/- 7%, p < 0.02). This ratio was also elevated in group D4 (94 +/- 8%) compared to D3 (p < 0.05) corresponding to a marked smoothing of the diurnal blood pressure curve. The 24-h heart rate (beats per min) was significantly elevated in D3 (84 +/- 8) and D2 (80 +/- 10) compared with C (73 +/- 11, p < 0.05 Tukey's test), suggesting the presence of parasympathetic neuropathy.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors: Medical Department M (Diabetes and Endocrinology), Kommunehospitalet, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors: K W
authors: KW
authors: Hansen
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Mau Pedersen
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Marshall
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Christiansen
authors: C E
authors: CE
authors: Mogensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged