Table 1. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population consisting of 199 hypertensive patients, of whom 103 non-dipper and 96 dipper.

Data are presented as the number of patients or mean value ± standard deviation, p <0.05 is considered statistically significant for all tests, n: number, SBP: blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, ACE: angiotensin converting enzyme, ARBs: angiotensin receptor blockers.