Palatini P, et al. – Via conducting a prospective cohort study involving younger patients screened for stage 1 hypertension, researchers ascertained if blood pressure variability (BPV), measured as weighted 24-hour SD, is correlated with cardiovascular events (CVEs). They conducted 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring in 1,206 patients (aged 33.1 ± 8.5 years) who were untreated at baseline examination. There were 69 fatal and nonfatal CVE during 15.4 ± 7.4 years of follow-up. Overall, short-term BPV increased the risk stratification for CVEs in this patient population screened for stage 1 hypertension over and above traditional 24-hour ambulatory monitoring indexes.