Prognostic impact of systolic blood pressure variability in people with diabetes.

OBJECTIVE:Blood pressure variability (BPV) has been associated with risk of cardiovascular events in observational studies, independently of mean BP levels. In states with higher autonomic imbalance, such as in diabetes, the importance of BP variability may theoretically be even greater. We aimed to...

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Main Authors: Katy J L Bell, Lamiae Azizi, Peter M Nilsson, Andrew Hayen, Les Irwig, Carl J Östgren, Johan Sundröm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5894975?pdf=render