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  • Physiology
  • Statistics
  • Cardiovascular Medicine

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  • Circadian rhythms influence physiological processes, including blood pressure (BP).
  • Quantifying diurnal BP variation is crucial for understanding cardiovascular disease risk.
  • Current ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) methods often overlook the temporal nature of BP data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel statistical method for analyzing 24-hour BP patterns using piecewise linear splines.
  • To quantify diurnal BP variation and identify periods of significant BP change.
  • To compare BP patterns in individuals with and without subclinical target organ damage (microalbuminuria).

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a mixed-effects model with periodicity constraints for BP analysis.
  • Applied the method to data from the Mitchelstown Study (n=2047), including 24-hour ABPM for a subsample (n=1207).
  • Compared BP variability and patterns between groups with and without microalbuminuria.

Main Results:

  • Quantified the steepest systolic blood pressure (SBP) rise post-waking (2.23 mmHg/30 min) and fall post-sleep (-1.93 mmHg/30 min).
  • Observed an average 24-hour SBP variation of 12.3 mmHg (standard deviation).
  • Individuals with microalbuminuria exhibited significantly higher SBP (7.6 mmHg) after adjustments.

Conclusions:

  • Introduced a practical method for analyzing ABPM, enabling determination of BP increase/decrease rates throughout the day.
  • This method provides new measures of short-term BP variability and allows for examination of individual slope variations.
  • The approach may be valuable for assessing chronotherapy effects of antihypertensive medications.