Non-dipper blood pressure pattern and glycemic alterations: does post-prandial glucose rise predict lack of nocturnal pressure drop?

Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and non-dipping pattern of blood pressure (that is, when nocturnal systolic blood pressure falls by < 10% from the daytime systolic blood pressure values) during 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (ABPM) monitoring are two factors both increasing the risk for cardiovascular disease. Little is known about the relationship between the circadian profile of blood pressure dipping pattern and insulin glucose metabolism in patients without any known overt metabolic diseases.