AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE PATTERN IN HEALTHY NORMOTENSIVE SUBJECTS

Introduction Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring helps in detecting masked hypertension and in understanding nocturnal blood pressure patterns in currently normotensive subjects. Studies on the ambulatory blood pressure patterns in currently healthy normotensives are lacking in Kerala.Objectives (1) This study was done to find out the prevalence of masked hypertension (2) To study normal daily blood pressure patterns in healthy normotensives (3) To find out mean 24-h systolic & diastolic BP variation with age group and sex (4) To find out the difference in ambulatory blood pressure patterns in normotensives with & without family history of hypertension in 1st degree relatives. Met...