Table 2.

Comparison of the ambulatory blood pressure measurements among three groups.

	Non-dipper	Dipper	Normotensive	p value
Daytime-SBP, mm Hg	154±13	155±12**	124±9*	<0.001
Daytime-DBP, mm Hg	94±11	98±10***	77±7*	<0.001
Nighttime-SBP, mm Hg	153±15	140±13***	115±11*	<0.001
Nighttime-DBP, mm Hg	92±10	82±9***	68±7*	<0.001
24-h-SBP, mm Hg	154±13	151±14**	122±9*	<0.001
24-h-DBP, mm Hg	94±10	94±11**	75±6*	<0.001

SBP – systolic blood pressure; DBP – diastolic blood pressure.

^*p<0.001 both dipper and non-dipper vs. normotensives;

^**p>0.017 non-dipper vs. dipper;

^***p<0.001 non-dipper vs. dipper.