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Table 5 Systolic blood pressure variability among groups categorized by systolic blood pressure difference

From: Association of the magnitude of the difference in blood pressure between office and ambulatory measurements with blood pressure variability in untreated individuals

 

Systolic blood pressure difference between office and daytime ambulatory blood pressure

 

Masked effect

Reference

White-coat effect

 > -5 mmHg

-5 to < 0 mmHg

0 to < 5 mmHg

5 to < 10 mmHg

 ≥ 10 mmHg

p*

All, n

70

52

50

53

71

 

SD of 24-h SBP, mmHg

17.5 ± 5.0a

14.7 ± 3.2

13.9 ± 3.6

13.9 ± 3.7

13.5 ± 4.0

 < 0.001

SD of daytime SBP, mmHg

14.3 ± 5.0

12.7 ± 3.8

12.5 ± 4.7

12.8 ± 4.1

12.9 ± 4.9

0.396

SD of nighttime SBP, mmHg

11.8 ± 4.4

11.3 ± 3.9

10.9 ± 4.4

11.0 ± 4.1

10.3 ± 4.3

0.875

cv of 24-h SBP, %

12.4 ± 3.3a

10.8 ± 2.3

10.5 ± 2.9

10.7 ± 2.9

10.8 ± 3.0

0.001

cv of daytime SBP, %

9.5 ± 3.0

9.0 ± 2.6

9.2 ± 3.5

9.5 ± 2.9

10.1 ± 3.6

0.438

cv of nighttime SBP, %

9.2 ± 3.3

8.8 ± 2.7

8.8 ± 3.7

8.8 ± 3.1

8.6 ± 3.3

0.828

ARV of 24-h SBP, mmHg

12.4 ± 4.4

11.0 ± 2.8

10.4 ± 2.9

11.3 ± 3.5

10.8 ± 3.5

0.386

Ambulatory daytime hypertension, n

68

47

43

43

38

 

SD of 24-h SBP, mmHg

17.6 ± 5.1a

14.7 ± 3.3

13.9 ± 3.8

13.7 ± 3.9

14.2 ± 3.8

0.001

SD of daytime SBP, mmHg

14.3 ± 5.1

12.8 ± 3.9

12.7 ± 4.7

12.4 ± 4.3

13.3 ± 4.8

0.277

SD of nighttime SBP, mmHg

11.8 ± 4.5

11.4 ± 3.9

10.7 ± 4.4

10.9 ± 4.3

10.6 ± 4.1

0.894

cv of 24-h SBP, %

12.3 ± 3.4b

10.6 ± 2.3

10.4 ± 3.0

10.4 ± 2.9

10.9 ± 2.8

0.001

cv of daytime SBP, %

9.5 ± 3.0

8.9 ± 2.6

9.2 ± 3.4

9.1 ± 3.0

9.9 ± 3.3

0.280

cv of nighttime SBP, %

9.1 ± 3.3

8.8 ± 2.8

8.5 ± 3.6

8.7 ± 3.2

8.6 ± 2.8

0.882

ARV of 24-h SBP, mmHg

12.5 ± 4.4

11.1 ± 2.8

10.3 ± 2.9

11.0 ± 3.7

11.2 ± 3.6

0.345

  1. SD Standard deviation, cv Coefficient of variation, SBP Systolic blood pressure, ARV Average real variability
  2. *p-value by ANCOVA adjusted with age, sex, presence of diabetes and ambulatory BP
  3. a p < 0.05 compared to masked effect -5 to < 0 mmHg, reference and white-coat effect groups with Bonferroni correction
  4. b p < 0.05 compared to masked effect -5 to < 0 mmHg, reference and white-coat effect 5 to < 10 mmHg group with Bonferroni correction