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Blood pressure fluctuations and the indoor environment in a highly insulated and airtight model house during the cold winter season

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To prevent cardiovascular events at home, a suitable indoor thermal environment for BP management should be maintained, especially in the winter season.

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This study was partially supported by a collaboration research fund with the Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corporation.

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  1. Department of Health Development and Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, Japan

    Hironori Nakagami

  2. Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corporation, 105 Jimbocho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroshi Akiyama & Hiroki Otsuka

  3. Department of Architecture, Kindai University Faculty of Architecture, Higashi Osaka, Osaka, Japan

    Atsushi Iwamae

  4. Department of Dermatology, Nara Hospital, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Nara, Japan

    Hidekazu Yamada

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HN, HA, HO, AI, and HY designed the study and provided conceptual analysis. HA and HO collected the data and provided support for the analysis. HN wrote the manuscript. All authors drafted the manuscript and approved the final version for submission.

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Nakagami, H., Akiyama, H., Otsuka, H. et al. Blood pressure fluctuations and the indoor environment in a highly insulated and airtight model house during the cold winter season. Hypertens Res 45, 1217–1219 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41440-022-00928-x

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