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Blood pressure was recorded for 24 h in 121 essential hypertensive patients aged between 20 and 90 years. To characterize the circadian blood pressure rhythm, the differences between the daytime blood pressures (recorded at 8-min intervals between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.) and the night-time blood pressures (recorded at 30-min intervals between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.) were calculated. The difference between daytime and night-time blood pressures was significantly (P less than 0.01) decreased in elderly hypertensive patients aged between 65 and 90 years compared with in those aged 20-39 years. In patients with heart insufficiency the circadian blood pressure rhythmicity was significantly (P less than 0.05) further reduced compared with in uncomplicated hypertensives. This may be explained by increased sympathetic tonus in patients with heart insufficiency and reduced vascular compliance may be the cause of the overall reduced circadian blood pressure rhythmicity in elderly hypertensive patients.
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