Nocturnal Non-dipping Blood Pressure Profile in Black Normotensives Is Associated with Cardiac Target Organ Damage.
Mezue K, Isiguzo G, Madu C, Nwuruku G, Rangaswami J, Baugh D, Madu E. Nocturnal Non-dipping Blood Pressure Profile in Black Normotensives Is Associated with Cardiac Target Organ Damage. Ethnicity & Disease 2016, 26: 279-84. PMID: 27440966, PMCID: PMC4948793, DOI: 10.18865/ed.26.3.279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac target organ damageTarget organ damageNon-dippersBlood pressure profileNocturnal blood pressureOrgan damageBlood pressureBlack normotensivesNon-dipping of blood pressureMass indexCardiovascular riskLeft atrial volume indexLeft ventricular mass indexCardiovascular end-organ damageIncreased relative wall thicknessAtrial volume indexAmbulatory blood pressure patternsNon-dipper groupVentricular mass indexNocturnal non-dippingNon-dipping profileNon-dipping patternPredictor of cardiovascular riskEnd-organ damageNon-dipping blood pressure profileInitial experience with 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in Nigerian patients with hypertension
Isiguzo G, Baugh D, Nwuruku G, Mezue K, Madu C, Madu E. Initial experience with 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in Nigerian patients with hypertension. Nigerian Journal Of Cardiology 2016, 13: 33-38. DOI: 10.4103/0189-7969.173851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmbulatory blood pressure monitoringOffice blood pressureHypertensive patientsBlood pressure monitoringTwo-tailed Student's t-testPressure monitoringAdult hypertensive patientsBody mass indexWhite coat hypertensionNight-time BPAbnormal dipping patternsStudent's t-testBurden of hypertensionAmbulatory blood pressure monitoring useWaking BPNigerian patientsDaytime BPConsecutive recruitmentNocturnal hypertensionMass indexBP controlAdverse outcomesEnugu NigeriaBP loadBlood pressure