Mallamaci F, et al. - Researchers assessed 402 subjects to estimate the relationship of short-term as well as long-term blood pressure (BP) variability (derived from 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring) to the risk of death and cardiovascular events, also for prediction in chronic kidney disease (CKD). They noticed the mean ± SD short-term systolic BP variability of 12.6±3.3 mm Hg, and mean ± SD long-term systolic BP variability of 12.7±5.1 mm Hg. A fraction of 125 candidates endured the composite endpoint over a median follow-up of 4.8 years for short-term BP variability and 110 subjects for long-term BP variability over a median follow-up of 3.2 years.