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ArticleJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2020

Blood pressure and heart rate related to sex in untreated subjects: the India ABPM study.

Upendra Kaul, Ajit Bhagwat, Stefano Omboni, Arvind K Pancholia, Suhas Hardas, Neil Bardoloi, Deepak Davidson, Peruvamba R Sivakadaksham, Jagdish C Mohan, Peruvamba R Vaidyanathan and 9 more

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Article in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Identifying Drug Prescription in Newly Diagnosed Hypertension Patients in India.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2025
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  3. Management of Hypertension in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Structured Review.American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 15 institutions in 5 countries.

Upendra KaulBatra Hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Delhi, India.
Ajit BhagwatKamalnayan Bajaj Hospital, Aurangabad, India.
Stefano OmboniClinical Research Unit, Italian Institute of Telemedicine, Varese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7124-2096
Arvind K PancholiaClinical and Preventive Cardiology, Arihant Hospital and RC, Indore, India.
Suhas HardasHospital: Poona Hospital and Research Center, Pune & Clinic: Hardas Heart Care, Pune, India.
Neil BardoloiExcel Care Hospital, Guwahati, India.
Deepak DavidsonCaritas Hospital, Kottayam, India.
Peruvamba R SivakadakshamSiva's Cardio Diabetic Care Clinic, Chennai, India.
Jagdish C MohanJaipur Golden Hospital, Delhi, India.
Peruvamba R VaidyanathanG. Kuppusamy Naidu Memorial Hospital (GKNM), Coimbatore, India.
Subramaniam NatarajanG. Kuppusamy Naidu Memorial Hospital (GKNM), Coimbatore, India.
Lakshnmi N P KapardhiCentury hospitals, Banjara Hills, India.
Karumuri S ReddyKarumuri Super Speciality hospital, Guntur, India.
Dharmesh SolankiCardiac Consultants, Rajkot, India.
Jitendra S MakkarEHCC, Jaipur, India.
M ViswanathanDr M Viswanathan, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Priyadarshini ArambamBatra Hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Delhi, India.
Viraj SuvarnaEris Lifesciences Limited, Ahmedabad, India.
Willem J VerberkCARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2230-0488
Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre · INCARE Hospitals · ING. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital · INAhmedabad University · INCaritas Hospital · INDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University · INGuntur Medical College · INIIHMR University · INJaipur Golden Hospital · INJaslok Hospital · INMaastricht University · NLMedanta The Medicity · INNoble Hospital · INSan Diego Cardiac Center · USSechenov University · RU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Women are underrepresented in groups of patients seeking hypertension care in India. The present paper reports trends in office and ambulatory blood pressure measurement (OBPM, ABPM) and 24-h heart rate (HR) with sex in 14,977 subjects untreated for hypertension (aged 47.3 ± 13.9 years, males 69.4%) visiting primary care physicians. Results showed that, for systolic blood pressure (SBP), females had lower daytime ABPM (131 ± 16 vs. 133 ± 14 mm Hg, P < .001) but higher nighttime ABPM (122 ± 18 vs. 121 ± 16 mm Hg, P < .001) than males. Females had higher HR than men at daytime (80 ± 11 vs 79 ± 11.5 bpm) and nighttime (71 ± 11 vs 69 ± 11), respectively (all P < .001). Dipping percentages for SBP (7.4 ± 7.3 vs 9.3 ± 7.4%), DBP (10.1 ± 8.6 vs. 12.3 ± 8.9%), and HR (10.7 ± 7.9 vs. 12.8 ± 9.2%) were lower (P < .001) for females than for males, respectively. Females more often had isolated nighttime hypertension as compared to males (14.9%, n = 684% vs 10.6%, n = 1105; P < .001). BP patterns and HR showed clear differences in sex, particularly at nighttime. As females were more often affected by non-dipping and elevated nighttime SBP and HR than males, they should receive ABPM, at least, as frequently as men to document higher risk necessitating treatment.

Indexed as

Blood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryAdultBlood PressureCircadian RhythmFemaleHeart RateHumansHypertensionIndiaMaleMiddle Agedambulatory blood pressure measurementhypertension managementIndiaisolated nighttime hypertensionmasked hypertensionoffice blood pressure measurementwhite coat hypertension

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PMID32558208
PMCPMC8029965
OpenAlexW3036194033

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