Table 3 Comparisons of night-to-day of systolic BP between diabetic and non-diabetic patients according BMI and cardiovascular disease status

From: Abnormalities in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in hypertensive patients with diabetes

 

Diabetics

Non-diabetics

P

Comparisons according BMI status

 BMI⩾30.0 kg m−2

0.936±0.090

0.916±0.083

<0.001

 BMI<30.0 kg m−2

0.933±0.090

0.904±0.087

<0.001

 

P diabetics obese vs. non-obese=0.136

P non-diabetics obese vs. non-obese <0.001

 

Comparisons according the presence or absence of CV disease

 With any CV disease

0.956±0.094

0.924±0.088

<0.001

 Without CV disease

0.941±0.094

0.904±0.084

<0.001

 

P diabetics with vs. without CV disease <0.001

P non-diabetics with vs. without CV disease <0.001

 
  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CV cardiovascular.
  2. Night-to-day ratio is presented as mean±s.d. Differences between groups were sought using Student's t-test.
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