Noncommunicable diseases are the leading cause of death in the world, and the majority of these deaths occur due to cardiovascular diseases. 1,2 Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is recommended as the gold standard method for the diagnosis of hypertension. Moreover, ABPM gives a more accurate assessment of cardiovascular risk than blood pressure (BP) levels obtained by the traditional office measurements. 3,4 Daytime, nighttime, and 24-h average are among the most important ABPM parameters in clinical practice, related to the diagnosis of hypertension. 5-8 The fall in nighttime BP average, compared to the daytime average, defined as nocturnal dipping, is an established predictor of cardiovascular events. 5,7-11 In particular, the nondipping