Dr. Jeffrey GladdenFounder & CEO of Gladden Longevity

CKD and Non Dipper Blood Pressure

9 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief first‑person account, the speaker—who has chronic kidney disease (CKD)—describes discovering a “non‑dipper” blood pressure pattern. While morning readings were normal (≈120/70 mmHg), an evening reading at 11 p.m. spiked to 160/90 mmHg. After measuring more frequently, the speaker learned that nocturnal hypertension (non‑dipper pattern) is common in CKD. The speaker questions whether patients should be advised to take nighttime readings and notes that they are now managing their blood pressure more aggressively and intensively in response to this insight.

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I call it a quirk because people with CKD end up having an upside down. I found this out personally. My blood pressure was fine. In the morning I was like great. 120 over 70. I'm good. One evening I didn't feel good. Around 11 o' clock I took my blood pressure 160 over 90. Like that's weird. Started taking it more regularly and found out there's this thing called non dipper blood pressure that's typical in ckd. Do we tell people to take their blood pressure at 11 at night? We need to worth it because now I'm addressing that more aggressively, more intensively anyway.