Table 2: Nocturnal blood pressure variability: stratified by sex.

Male

N = 223

n (%)

Female

N = 425

n (%)

Both

N = 648

n (%)

p (T ≤ T)

two-tailed

Inverse dipper –1 a –20%

53 (23.7)

93 (21.8)

146 (22.5)

0.3755

Non-dipper 0%

7 (3.1)

12 (2.8)

19 (2.9)

0.4842

Dipper 1 A 20%

159 (71.3)

312 (73.4)

471 (72.6)

0.0873

Extreme dipper 20%

4 (1.7)

8 (1.8)

12 (1.8)

0.4873