title: [24-hr monitoring arterial pressure in outpatients with cardiovascular risk factors in the Far North].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study peculiar features of daily AP rhythm and profile in men with cardiovascular risk factors residing in the Far North.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 115 servicemen divided into 3 groups (hypertensive disease (HD), hypertonic type neurocirculatory asthenia (NCA) and risk factor of cardiovascular diseases other than AH). HD was diagnosed based on multiple AP measurements and 24-hr monitoring.
  
  
  RESULTS
  HD was associated with elevated mean AP, load indices and AP variability All patients had pathological type of morning dynamics. Normal daily rhythm of systolic AP (SAP) was documented in 66.1% of the patients with HD and in 68% with cardiovascular risk factors without AH. Normal daily rhythm ofdiastolic AP (DAP) was recorded in 63.5% of the patients with HD and in 72% with cardiovascular risk factors without AH. In group 2, normal daily rhythms of SAP and DAP were found in 44 and 56% of the cases respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Men residing in the Far North under conditions of anomalous photoperiod need medicamentous correction of AP regardless of AH type. Ambulatory BP monitoring should be preferred for the assessment of the efficacy of antihypertensive therapy.
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Simonenko
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Solov'eva
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Dolbin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001110:Arctic Regions / Q000453:epidemiology; D062186:Arterial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia