Table A10.

ABPM parameters associated with target organ damage

Recommendation	Class of recommendation	Level of evidence
1. Vascular and organ damage in the brain (cognitive dysfunction), heart (hypertensive heart disease), and kidneys (CKD) are more closely associated with 24‐h, daytime, nighttime, and/or morning BP evaluated by ABPM than with clinic BP	I	A
2. Masked hypertension is associated with a higher risk of vascular and organ damage than normotension or white‐coat hypertension	I	A
3. White‐coat hypertension in association with other cardiometabolic risk factors may be associated with a higher risk of organ damage than normotension	I	A
4. Nocturnal hypertension and non‐dipper/riser patterns are associated with increased risk of vascular and organ damage in the brain, heart, and kidneys	I	A
5. Exaggerated morning surge and extreme‐dipping are likely to be associated with vascular and brain organ damage	I	A
6. Short‐term BPV variability is associated with vascular organ damage	IIa	B

Abbreviations: ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; BP, blood pressure; BPV, blood pressure variability; CKD, chronic kidney disease.