1. Non-dipping blood pressure pattern and new-onset diabetes in a 21-year follow-up
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Päivi A. Lempiäinen, Riitta-Liisa Vasunta, Risto Bloigu, Y. Antero Kesäniemi, and Olavi H. Ukkola
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non-dipping ,diabetes ,ambulatory blood pressure measurement ,population study ,follow-up ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
Purpose: Non-dipping blood pressure (BP) pattern has been associated with metabolic changes and cardiovascular events. With regard of diabetes, studies are scarce. Our aim was to investigate if there is an association between changes in dipping patterns and incidence of diabetes. Materials and methods: A 24-h ambulatory BP measurement was recorded in addition to other laboratory measurements, and a questionnaire and physical examination were carried out in the baseline study and after 21-year follow-up among a study population (n = 449) consisting of randomly selected middle-aged Finnish females and males without diabetes. Results: 128 (28.5%) developed diabetes during the follow-up. The incidence of new-onset diabetes was the highest, 41.0%, among those subjects who were non-dippers (their systolic BP declined
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- 2019
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