Poor sleep is responsible for the impaired nocturnal blood pressure dipping in elderly hypertensive: A cross-sectional study of elderly

Objective: This study was aimed to assess whether sleep disorder was associated with an increased risk of less nocturnal blood pressure (BP) dipping in elderly patients with hypertension. Methods: Cases were 1006 patients, aged >60 years, who were admitted to hospital with diagnosed hypertension...

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Main Authors: Shaopan Zhao, Shihui Fu, Jiefeng Ren, Leiming Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-08-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10641963.2017.1411495