title: Describing and interpreting 24-hour blood pressure patterns in physiologic pregnancy.
abstract: The time course of blood pressure in clinically healthy (pregnant and nonpregnant) women was followed by automatic ambulatory monitoring. Chronobiologic methods revealed the time course of dynamic rhythm characteristics as a function of gestational age. Differences were found between nonpregnant and pregnant women with an overall lowering during pregnancy of the rhythm-adjusted midline estimating statistic of rhythm (mesor).
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrine Pathophysiology, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cugini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Palma
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Battisti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pachí
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paesano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Masella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stirati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pierucci
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rocca
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors