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This observational longitudinal study included 258 patients (mean age of 60.4 \u00b1 11.2 years; 61.2% male), who underwent 24 h ABPM in a hypertension unit from 1999 to 2019. The outcomes were global cardiovascular events (cerebrovascular, coronary, and other cardiovascular events). The mean follow-up period was 6.0 \u00b1 5.0 years. Sixty-eight cardiovascular events (61 nonfatal) were recorded. Patients who experienced cardiovascular events were generally older, with higher rates of chronic kidney disease and prior cardiovascular events. The 24 h systolic blood pressure (hazard ratio 1.44; 95% CI 1.10\u20131.88), night systolic blood pressure (1.35; 95% CI 1.01\u20131.80), and 24 h pulse pressure (2.07; 95% CI 1.17\u20133.67) were independent predictors of global cardiovascular events. Multivariate Cox analysis revealed a higher risk of future cardiovascular events, particularly in patients with a 24 h daytime and nighttime pulse pressure &gt; 60 mm Hg with respective hazard ratios of 1.95; 95% CI 1.01\u20133.45; 2.15; 95% CI 1.21\u20133.83 and 2.07; 95% CI 1.17\u20133.67. 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