Is near basal blood pressure a more accurate predictor of cardiorenal manifestations of hypertension than casual blood pressure?

Abstract

Measurement of casual and near basal systolic and diastolic blood pressures were correlated with the severity of cardiorenal manifestations of hypertension in 471 patients. There was a significant association of each of the four blood pressure measurements with each other (P All four blood pressure measurements were significantly associated (r >= 0.78, P The level of blood pressure is the important correlate of these manifestations of hypertension. This is equally true whether systolic, diastolic, casual or near basal measurements are used. Near basal blood pressure does not correlate better with the cardiorenal manifestations of hypertension than casual blood pressure, neither does diastolic blood pressure correlate better with these manifestations than systolic blood pressure.