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Response to Timing of Antihypertensive Therapy and Circadian Blood Pressure Pattern

Luis M. RuilopeManuel GorostidiJosé R. BanegasJulian SeguraAlejandro De La SierraJosep RedonJuan J. De La Cruz

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medicine.medical_specialtyAmbulatory blood pressureCircadian blood pressurebusiness.industryDiabetes mellitusEmergency medicineInternal MedicineMedicinebusinessmedicine.diseaseIntensive care medicine

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We thank Almirall et al1 for their interest in our article.2 In the present answer to their letter, we provide data from the Spanish Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Registry regarding clinical differences among patients depending on the time that they received their medication (Table). As shown, several differences were evident among groups, with respect to age, duration of hypertension, prevalence of diabetes mellitus, and history of …

https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.109.132704