Within-Visit Blood Pressure Variability and Cardiovascular Risk in ELSA-Brasil Study Participants.

Background: Blood pressure variability (BPV) is of prognostic value for fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular outcomes.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the association between within-visit BPV and cardiovascular risk among participants of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).

Methods: The present cross-sectional study was carried out using baseline data (2008-2010) of 14,357 ELSA-Brasil participants with no prior history of cardiovascular disease.