Table 2.

Clinic and ambulatory blood pressure

Variable	Obese group (n = 92)	Control group (n = 49)	P value
Clinic systolic BP, mm Hg	111±9	107±8	0.01
Clinic diastolic BP, mm Hg	62±6	59±5	0.006
24-hour systolic BP, mm Hg	121±8	117±9	0.002
24-hour diastolic BP, mm Hg	70±5	69±6	0.11
24-hour MAP, mm Hg	87±5	85±6	0.01
24-hour PP, mm Hg	51±6	48±6	0.002
24-hour HR, bpm	80±8	75±9	0.002
Daytime systolic BP, mm Hg	125±8	121±10	0.03
Daytime diastolic BP, mm Hg	73±6	73±7	0.67
Daytime MAP, mm Hg	90±6	89±7	0.22
Daytime PP, mm Hg	52±6	49±7	0.005
Daytime HR, bpm	82±8	78±10	0.02
Nighttime systolic BP, mm Hg	108±11	102±8	0.0001
Nighttime diastolic BP, mm Hg	60±7	57±5	0.001
Nighttime MAP, mm Hg	76±7	72±6	<0.0001
Nighttime PP, mm Hg	48±7	45±6	0.004
Nighttime HR, bpm	70±9	64±9	0.0002

Data are mean ± SD.

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; HR, heart rate; MAP, mean arterial pressure; PP, pulse pressure.