ReviewJournal of hypertension2025
Blood pressure variability: a review.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Association between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and blood pressure variability: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Blood Pressure Variability and Outcomes Across Antihypertensive Regimens.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of voluntary isocapnic hyperpnoea for mitigating hypoxemia and acute mountain sickness in normobaric hypoxia: a randomized crossover pilot trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Dynamic potassium variability (K-CV) as an independent predictor of mortality in maintenance hemodialysis.Renal failure · 2026Article
- The relationship between blood pressure variability, left ventricular hypertrophy, and arterial stiffness in children and adolescents with obesity.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Article
- Validation of ring-type cuffless blood pressure (BP) monitoring device for detecting awake-asleep BP variations compared to ambulatory BP monitoring device.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
- CONTROL-IHD Study: 24-h BP Control with Metoprolol-Telmisartan FDC in Hypertension and Stable Ischemic Disease.Advances in therapy · 2026Article
- Short-term blood pressure variability after continuous versus interval aerobic training combined with resistance exercise in ischemic heart disease: a pilot study.European journal of translational myology · 2026Article
- How useful is a casual BP measurement?Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2026Review
- Associations of Long-Term Blood Pressure Burden and Variability With Kidney Function Decline.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2026Article
- Sex modifies the association between blood pressure variability and lung function decline among population over 45 years old: a pooled analysis of two national cohorts.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Prognostic Modeling Based on Post-Endovascular Thrombectomy Systolic Blood Pressure Trajectories Using Explainable Artificial Intelligence: A Secondary Analysis of the OPTIMAL-BP Trial.Journal of medical systems · 2026Observational
- Interactions between blood pressure variability, cerebral autoregulation, and covert cerebral small vessel disease in relation to cognitive performance in community-dwelling older adults.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Within-visit and short- and long-term between-visit blood pressure variability as predictors of cardiovascular events and mortality in elderly Chinese.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
- Group-based trajectory modeling of blood pressure reactivity and mortality in septic patients: a retrospective study of the MIMIC-IV database.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Blood Pressure Variability and Acute Kidney Injury in Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage : A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the MIMIC-IV Database.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2026Article
- Control of Blood Pressure Variability Across Behavioral States by Brainstem Adrenergic Neurons.Circulation research · 2026Article
- Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability and dementia risk after considering antihypertensive treatment: real-world data from the Japanese National Health Insurance.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
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- 24-hour diastolic blood pressure average real variability predicts renal progression in diabetic kidney disease: a comprehensive cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Blood pressure variability (BPV) predicts cardiovascular events independent of mean blood pressure. BPV is defined as short-term (24-h), medium or long- term (weeks, months or years). Standard deviation, coefficient of variation and variation independent of the mean have been used to quantify BPV. High BPV is associated with increasing age, diabetes, smoking and vascular disease and is a consequence of premature ageing of the vasculature. Long-term BPV has been incorporated into cardiovascular risk models (QRISK) and elevated BPV confers an increased risk of cardiovascular outcomes even in subjects with controlled blood pressure. Long-acting dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers and thiazide diuretics are the only drugs that reduce BPV and for the former explains their beneficial effects on cardiovascular outcomes. We believe that BPV should be incorporated into blood pressure management guidelines and based on current evidence, long-acting dihydropyridines should be preferred drugs in subjects with elevated BPV.
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