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9113482

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-20
pubmed:abstractText
In subjects with essential hypertension, loss of the normal nocturnal dip in blood pressure is associated with a greater risk of developing end-organ complications. In subjects with diabetes, smoking carries a similar association. To assess whether these factors may have an aetiological and synergistic role in the vascular complications of diabetes, 24-hour blood pressure monitoring was performed in insulin-dependent diabetic (IDDM) patients with normal albumin excretion (n = 19) and microalbuminuria (n = 21) of comparable age and duration of diabetes, and with no evidence of autonomic neuropathy or hypertension. The potential influence of smoking was examined by subdividing the groups, depending on smoking status. Ten of the microalbuminuric group and 9 of the normoalbuminuric group were current smokers, the remaining patients never having smoked. There was a significant difference between mean (+/-SD) daytime vs nocturnal blood pressure in patients with normal albumin excretion (114 +/- 3/70 +/- 4 vs 102 +/- 3/62 +/- 3 mmHg; p < 0.001) and microalbuminuria (109 +/- 5/75 +/- 5 vs 101 +/- 3/65 +/- 4 mmHg; p < 0.001) but mean blood pressure values did not differ significantly between the groups. A similar fall in nocturnal blood pressure was found in smokers and non-smokers with and without microalbuminuria (p < 0.001), but there was no difference between the mean blood pressure values in the different subgroups. In conclusion, normotensive IDDM patients, who do not have autonomic neuropathy, retain a significant diurnal variation in blood pressure, irrespective of smoking habit or presence of microalbuminuria.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0742-3071
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
291-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Diurnal variation in blood pressure in insulin-dependent diabetic smokers and non-smokers with and without microalbuminuria.
pubmed:affiliation
Diabetes Centre, Walton Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study