title: A representative value for whole-day BP monitoring.
abstract: Shorter-term alternatives to 24-hour monitoring of BP were analyzed in six hypertensive patients. Average BPs during the 24-hour period were lower than averages during a two-hour morning period or those based on either three readings or a single reading taken at 8 AM. The systolic and diastolic BP two-hour averages correlated more strongly with the 24-hour averages than did the three-reading or single-reading alternatives. Thus, the average of serial BP readings obtained during a two-hour morning period is a consistent predictor of the whole-day BP and represents it more closely than the conventionally used single reading.
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003971:Diastole; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D013599:Systole; D013997:Time Factors