aDepartment of Medicine - University of Padova, Padova

bSan Antonio Hospital, San Daniele del Friuli

cCittadella Town Hospital, Cittadella, Italy

Correspondence to Paolo Palatini, MD, Studium Patavinum and Department of Medicine, Via Giustiniani, 2 - 35128 Padova, Italy. Tel: +39 328 4617036; fax: +39 049 8754179; e-mail: [email protected]

Abbreviations: ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; EBPR, exaggerated BP response; HARVEST, hypertension and ambulatory recording Venetia study; IDACO, International Database of Ambulatory blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome in a general population; IQR, interquartile range; OR, odds ratio; SD, standard deviation

Received 12 January, 2022

Revised 17 April, 2022

Accepted 17 April, 2022

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