- Article
Social Support: The Effect on Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping
- Wendy C. Birmingham,
- Anna Jorgensen,
- Sinclaire Hancock,
- Lori L. Wadsworth and
- Man Hung
4 March 2023
Social support has long been associated with cardiovascular disease risk assessed with blood pressure (BP). BP exhibits a circadian rhythm in which BP should dip between 10 and 15% overnight. Blunted nocturnal dipping (non-dipping) is a predictor of...