Ana M Piera Carbonell, Pilar Rodriguez Anton, Rodrigo Orellana Carrasco, M Jesus Campomanes Suarez, M Ángeles Gavaldá Robert, Juan Eugenio Forcada Lozano, Miguel Ángel Prieto Diaz, Vicente Martin Sanchez, Ángel Díaz Rodríguez, Juan Antonio Divison Garrote, Vicente Pallarés Carratalá
OBJECTIVE: To know the circadian pattern of hypertensive patients older than 75 years, by monitoring blood pressure for 24 hours. DESIGN AND METHOD: Multicenter cross-sectional descriptive study in hypertensive patients aged 75 or over. It was designed for a sample of 117 people, calculated for 8% hypotensive episodes, with a 95% confidence interval, 5% precision, and 25% losses.Non-proportional stratified random sampling was performed, excluding patients with modified antihypertensive treatment in the last month and/or arrhythmias...
June 1, 2022: Journal of Hypertension