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BMC NEUROLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-020-1626-6
Keywords
Blood pressure circadian rhythms; Acute cerebral infarction; Silent cerebral infarction; Leukoaraiosis
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [81771281]
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Background To investigate the relationships between blood pressure (BP) circadian rhythms and acute cerebral infarction (ACI), silent cerebral infarction (SCI) and the severity of leukoaraiosis in hypertensive patients. Methods A retrospective case-control study was performed among hypertensive patients with 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Results A total of 1267 patients were enrolled. Lower nocturnal blood pressure (BP) decreases were observed in ACI patients than in controls (3.3% vs 8.2%, P<0.001). Reverse-dipper pattern (RD) and non-dipper pattern (ND) were found to be independent risk factors for ACI. In ACI patients, both RD and ND BP circadian rhythms were revealed to be independent risk factors for moderate-severe leukoaraiosis. In addition, in SCI patients, RD (OR = 1.7, 95% CI, 0.9-3.0; P = 0.047) or extreme-dipper pattern (ED) (OR = 2.9, 95% CI, 1.2-7.0; P = 0.015) were found to be independent risk factors for moderate-severe leukoaraiosis. Moreover, the greater the severity of leukoaraiosis was, the higher the ratio of abnormal BP circadian rhythms. Conclusion RD and ND BP circadian rhythms might not only be relevant to the onset of ACI but also correlate with the severity of leukoaraiosis. Thus, when modulating BP with antihypertensive drugs, the BP circadian rhythms, and not merely the BP level, should warrant more attention.
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