Background
Dipper and non-dipper hypertension are different clinical forms of essential hypertension. In this study, the effect of circadian blood pressure changes on serum SCUBE-1 and soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) levels was investigated in patients with hypertension.
Conclusion
Serum SCUBE1 and sCD40L levels were higher in hypertensive patients than normal participants. Serum SCUBE1 levels were higher in patients with non-dipper compared to other participants.
Methods
A total of 100 participants aged 23-89 years were included in the study. Patients with essential hypertension were followed up by ambulatory blood pressure measurement.
Results
Serum SCUBE1 levels were significantly higher in the non-dipper group than in the normal group (P < 0.001). Dipper and non-dipper patients had significantly higher serum sCD40L levels when compared to the normal group (P = 0.048 and P = 0.035, respectively). We also found a positive correlation between SCUBE1, sCD40L levels and 24-hour mean systolic blood pressure levels (r: 0.232, p: 0.034 and r: 0.241, p: 0.027, respectively).