Non-dipping nocturnal blood pressure correlates with obstructive sleep apnoea severity in normotensive subjects and may reverse with therapy.
Sophie J CrinionJana KleinerovaBrian KentGeraldine NolanCormac T TaylorSilke RyanWalter T McNicholasPublished in: ERJ open research (2021)
In this normotensive cohort, OSA severity was associated with higher nocturnal BP, which improved following CPAP therapy, and intermittent hypoxia was the most important OSA-related variable in this relationship.