Day-by-day BP variability measured by home BP monitoring and CVD event risks may worsen during the winter season, according to findings published in Hypertension.
“Our findings indicate that, compared to other seasons, day-by-day home BP variability measured in winter is more strongly associated with future CVD incidence,” Keisuke Narita, MD, assistant professor for the division of cardiovascular medicine, department of internal medicine at Jichi Medical University, Japan, and colleagues wrote.
In a post hoc analysis, Narita and colleagues observed the dataset of the Japan Morning