Tolga Çimen, Murat Bilgin, Ahmet Akyel, Mehmet Ali Felekoğlu, Ali Nallbani, Şeyda Özdemir, Gönül Erden, Alpaslan Öztürk, Mehmet Doğan, Ekrem Yeter
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Non-dipper hypertension is frequently accompanied by endothelial dysfunction and activation. Previous studies suggested that endocan may be a novel endothelial dysfunction marker. This study aims to investigate the association between circadian blood pressure (BP) pattern and plasma endocan levels together with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in patients with newly diagnosed untreated hypertension. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Twenty-four hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring was recorded in 35 dipper, 35 non-dipper hypertensives and 35 healthy controls...
November 2016: Korean Circulation Journal