TY - JOUR
T1 - Weather-related changes in 24-hour blood pressure profile
T2 - Effects of age and implications for hypertension management
AU - Modesti, Pietro Amedeo
AU - Morabito, Marco
AU - Bertolozzi, Iacopo
AU - Massetti, Luciano
AU - Panci, Gabriele
AU - Lumachi, Camilla
AU - Giglio, Alessia
AU - Bilo, Grzegorz
AU - Caldara, Gianluca
AU - Lonati, Laura
AU - Orlandini, Simone
AU - Maracchi, Giampiero
AU - Mancia, Giuseppe
AU - Gensini, Gian Franco
AU - Parati, Gianfranco
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - A downward titration of antihypertensive drug regimens in summertime is often performed on the basis of seasonal variations of clinic blood pressure (BP). However, little is known about the actual interaction between outdoor air temperature and the effects of antihypertensive treatment on ambulatory BP. The combined effects of aging, treatment, and daily mean temperature on clinic and ambulatory BP were investigated in 6404 subjects referred to our units between October 1999 and December 2003. Office and mean 24-hour systolic BP, as well as morning pressure surge, were significantly lower in hot (>90th percentiles of air temperature; 136±19, 130±14, and 33.3±16.1 mm Hg; P
AB - A downward titration of antihypertensive drug regimens in summertime is often performed on the basis of seasonal variations of clinic blood pressure (BP). However, little is known about the actual interaction between outdoor air temperature and the effects of antihypertensive treatment on ambulatory BP. The combined effects of aging, treatment, and daily mean temperature on clinic and ambulatory BP were investigated in 6404 subjects referred to our units between October 1999 and December 2003. Office and mean 24-hour systolic BP, as well as morning pressure surge, were significantly lower in hot (>90th percentiles of air temperature; 136±19, 130±14, and 33.3±16.1 mm Hg; P
KW - Aging
KW - Blood pressure monitoring, ambulatory
KW - Hypertension
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U2 - 10.1161/01.HYP.0000199192.17126.d4
DO - 10.1161/01.HYP.0000199192.17126.d4
M3 - Article
C2 - 16380524
AN - SCOPUS:31944445501
VL - 47
SP - 155
EP - 161
JO - Hypertension
JF - Hypertension
SN - 0194-911X
IS - 2
ER -