%0 Journal Article
%T Self-Measured Bed-Time, Arising and Day Blood Pressures of Normotensive Young Male and Female Adults
%A Nyunt Wai
%A Sze Wei Thing
%A Ting Ngiik Liing
%J International e-Journal of Science, Medicine & Education
%D 2011
%I International Medical University, Malaysia
%X Morning surge in blood pressure is anindependent cardiovascular risk factor in the middleagedand the elderly. Whether such a surge occurs inyoung subjects is not known. Eighty normotensivesubjects (age: 21.8 ¡À 1.3 yr) measured their own bloodpressure (BP) using an automatic device (OmronHEM-7080,) on going to bed and on waking up, for 2consecutive days. In contrast to large morning BP surgesreported for older age groups, there was much smallerbut significant (P<0.002) rise only in the DBP (1.9 ¡À5 mm Hg) on waking up on day 2 in young subjects.The duration of sleep and the time the subjects sleptinfluence the sleep-wake BP change.
%K bed-time vs. arising blood pressure
%K selfmeasured
%K normotensive
%K young adults
%U http://web.imu.edu.my/ejournal/approved/6.Research_NyuntWai_p31-33.pdf