Blood pressure regulation VII. The "morning surge" in blood pressure: Measurement issues and clinical significance

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 521-529

  Atkinson, Greg ^a   Batterham, Alan M ^a   Kario, Kazuomi ^b   Taylor, Chloe E ^c   Jones, Helen ^d  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Circadian variation; Repeatability; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SLEEP;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SLEEP;

EID: 84894678095     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-013-2692-x     Document Type: Review

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