title: [Overall biostatistical approach to the 24-h behavior of arterial blood pressure in chronic uremic normotensive patients].
abstract: The present study discusses the 24-h patterns of blood pressure in chronic uremic patients classified as normotensives by means of casual sphygmomanometric measurements. Data obtained enabled us to affirm that the blood pressure of normotensive chronic uremic patients is not normal due to a wider distribution, the occurrence of supraphysiologic values during day-night time and the absence of a circadian rhythm. The lack of a nocturnal decrease in blood pressure causes a hyperbaric impact on the arterial wall for "normotensive" chronic uremic patients.
authors.affiliation: Fisiopatologia endocrina (Unità cronobiologica), Università La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cugini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palestini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Palma
authors.forename: M U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Riggio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cavallini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001699:Biometry; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D014511:Uremia / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: Approccio biostatistico globale al comportamento di 24-h della pressione arteriosa in uremici cronici normotesi.