The prevalence of non dipping of blood pressure increases with loss of renal function.— Kenar Jhaveri (@kdjhaveri) September 27, 2018
Nondipping is more prevalent in CKD than in non-CKD patients or patients with essential HTN. The prevalence of non dipping does increase as GFR declines. The prevalence of reverse-dippers also increases progressively as stage of CKD progresses.
Reference: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23595357
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