aDepartment of Nephrology, Hippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
bDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/IdiPAZ and CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP)
cInstitute of Research i+12, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, and School of Doctoral Studies and Research, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid
dNephrology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, RedinRed. Oviedo
eDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital Mutua Terrassa, University of Barcelona
fLa Mina Primary Care Center. University of Barcelona, Barcelona
gCasas Ibáñez, Primary Care Center, Albacete
hMedicine, Universidad Católica San Antonio, Murcia
iHypertension Unit, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
Correspondence to Pantelis A. Sarafidis, MD, MSc, PhD, Department of Nephrology, Hippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Konstantinoupoleos 49, 54642, Thessaloniki, Greece. Tel: +30 2310 992796; fax: +30 2313 312930; e-mail: [email protected]
Abbreviations: ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; ARV, average real variability; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; BPV, BP variability; CI, confidence intervals; CKD, chronic kidney disease; CV, coefficient of variation; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; NYHA, New York Heart Association; OR, odds ratio; RAAS, renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system; SD, standard deviation; TOD, target organ damage; UAE, urine albumin excretion; wSD, weighted standard deviation
Received 1 July, 2017
Revised 21 November, 2017
Accepted 13 December, 2017
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