Abstract
Aim: We aimed to investigate the association between whole blood viscosity (WBV) and nondipping pattern in patients with essential hypertension. Materials & methods: A total of consecutive 530 patients who had been evaluated by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring were included. WBV was estimated by using hematocritand plasma total protein levels for both WBV in low shear rate(0.5 s-1) and WBV in high shear rate(208 s-1) according to the de Simone's formula. Results: In the multivariate analysis, low shear rate and high shear rate of WBV were associated independently with nondipping pattern in patients with essential hypertension. Conclusion: As a simple, inexpensive andnoninvasive tool, WBV seems to be a significant predictor of nondipping hypertension.
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