Nocturnal blood pressure dipping and left ventricular hypertrophy among hypertensive outpatients in a Ghanaian hospital.

Objectives: To investigate the association between the extent of nocturnal systolic blood pressure decline and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with primary hypertension who were receiving antihypertensive drug therapy.

Design: This was a cross-sectional hospital-based study from November 2020 to March 2021.

Setting: The study was conducted at the Polyclinic of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana.