PP.05.25

The target blood pressure for hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes according to current ESH guidelines is below 14085 mmHg. Tight blood pressure control down to a mean office blood pressure of 13575 mmHg reduced cardiovascular mortality by 18 compared to placebo (14075 mmHg) in the ADVANCE trial. It is not known how these target blood pressure values, as assessed by office readings, correspond to the respective values of ambulatory-24-h- blood pressure measurements (ABPM). Furthermore we investigated classification of blood pressure as assessed by the two different measurement techniques.