aDepartment of Internal Medicine. Hospital Mutua Terrassa, University of Barcelona, Terrassa, Spain

bMedical Research Council Population Health Research Unit, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

cHypertension Unit and Cardiorenal Translational Laboratory, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid

dDepartment of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo

ePrimary Care Centre ‘La Mina’, IDIAP Jordi Gol, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

fUniversity College London (UCL) Institute of Cardiovascular Science and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) UCL Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK

Correspondence to Alejandro de la Sierra, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Mutua Terrassa, University of Barcelona, Plaza Dr Robert, 5. 08221-Terrassa, Spain. Tel: +34 629305422; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Abbreviations: ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; BP, blood pressure; CI, confidence interval; NDR, night-to-day ratio; SD, standard deviation

Received 27 October, 2023

Revised 26 January, 2024

Accepted 26 February, 2024

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