InstalabBiobeat
Should you take a Biobeat test?
This test is most useful if any of these apply to you.
7 biomarkers included
- 24h Avg Blood Pressure (Diastolic)Averages your bottom number, the force in your arteries between beats, over the whole recording. It shows whether elevated pressure is driven by the diastolic side, which matters most in younger adults.A 24-hour diastolic average at or above 80 points to a pressure load the diastolic system is sustaining around the clock.
- 24h Avg Blood Pressure (Systolic)Averages every reading of your top pressure number across a full day and night. This 24-hour average tracks heart attack and stroke risk more closely than any single reading taken in a clinic.A 24-hour systolic average at or above 130 signals sustained high pressure your body carries even when an office reading looks normal.
- 24 Hour Avg BPMAverages your heart rate (beats per minute) across the day. A persistently fast rate reflects nervous system balance and often travels with rising blood pressure.A high 24-hour heart rate has been linked to a 15% greater chance of developing high blood pressure and signals nervous system overdrive.
- Morning Systolic SurgeCaptures how sharply your top number jumps in the hours after you wake. A small rise is normal; an exaggerated one stresses artery walls during the riskiest part of the day.A steep morning systolic surge has been associated with markedly higher stroke risk, independent of your average pressure.
- Morning Diastolic SurgeMeasures the waking jump in your bottom number. Paired with the systolic surge, it shows the full size of the morning pressure spike that can trigger cardiovascular events.An exaggerated diastolic surge adds to the picture of a morning spike linked to strokes and heart events clustering after waking.
- Nocturnal Systolic DipMeasures how much your top number falls during sleep. A healthy drop is about 10% or more; a smaller drop marks a nighttime pattern repeatedly tied to higher cardiovascular risk.A blunted or reversed nighttime fall flags the reverse-dipping pattern associated with roughly twice the mortality risk in adults with diabetes.
- Nocturnal Diastolic DipTracks the same overnight fall for your bottom number. Combined with the systolic dip, it confirms whether your whole system rests at night or stays under pressure while you sleep.A missing diastolic dip corroborates a non-dipping pattern, pointing toward sleep apnea, kidney strain, or diabetes as a driver worth investigating.
About Biobeat
A blood pressure check in a clinic captures a single moment out of an entire day. Your pressure rises when you talk, falls when you sleep, and climbs again when you wake. One reading cannot tell you which of those patterns your body actually follows.
This wearable follows your blood pressure and heart rate continuously for a full day and night. That window shows whether your pressure is genuinely healthy, quietly high when no one is watching, or moving through a daily rhythm that raises your risk of stroke and heart disease. The science behind these patterns is well established, though reading them from a cuffless device is still an emerging practice, so results are best treated as a detailed screen rather than a final diagnosis.
What This Panel Reveals
The panel answers one question a clinic visit cannot: what does your blood pressure do over 24 hours? It breaks that story into four parts. The first is your around-the-clock load, the average of every systolic (top number) and diastolic (bottom number) reading across the day and night. In an analysis of 11,152 people across 13 populations, these around-the-clock (ambulatory) averages tracked cardiovascular events closely enough to set outcome-based thresholds, with a 24-hour average at or above 130/80 marking sustained high pressure. Two people with identical office numbers can have very different 24-hour averages, which is how this panel catches pressure that is high only outside the clinic.
The second part is your nighttime dip. Blood pressure normally falls at least 10% during sleep, and losing that fall is one of the strongest warning signs the panel surfaces. In a study of 17,312 people with high blood pressure, those whose pressure rose at night instead of falling had roughly 57% to 89% higher risk of cardiovascular events, and those with a reduced fall had 27% higher risk. In 349 adults with diabetes followed for 21 years, this reversed pattern was associated with about double the risk of dying (hazard ratio 2.2).
The third part is your morning surge, the jump in pressure after you wake. A modest rise is normal; an exaggerated one stresses artery walls during the hours when strokes and heart attacks cluster. Among 519 older adults, those with the largest surges (at or above 55 mmHg) had a stroke rate of 19% versus 7.3%, and 2.7 times the risk even after accounting for their 24-hour average. A separate review found each 10 mmHg of extra morning surge tied to an 11% higher stroke risk.
The fourth part is your average heart rate (beats per minute), which reflects the balance of your nervous system. A persistently fast rate often travels with rising pressure: in a study of 21,873 people, a resting rate above 85 carried a 15% higher chance of developing high blood pressure than a rate below 70. Nighttime heart rate has separately predicted cardiovascular events, which is why tracking rate alongside pressure adds a read on nervous-system strain that neither signal gives alone.
How to Read Your Results Together
No single number here is the whole story. The value comes from how the four parts line up. Here are patterns you can apply to your own results.
| Your Pattern | What It Suggests |
|---|---|
| Normal 24-hour average, healthy night dip, modest morning rise | Reassuring. Your pressure is behaving well across the whole day, not just at your appointment. |
| Normal-looking clinic pressure but an elevated 24-hour average | Masked hypertension. Real, sustained risk that an office reading missed entirely. |
| Acceptable average but little or no nighttime dip | A non-dipping or reverse pattern. Your risk is higher than the average alone suggests, and the night is driving it. |
| Controlled pressure with a large morning surge, often with a high heart rate | A circadian stress pattern linked to stroke, worth confirming and addressing. |
What to Do with Your Results
If your 24-hour average sits at or above 130/80, or your nighttime average at or above 120/70, that meets the definition of ambulatory hypertension and is worth acting on with a clinician, through lifestyle changes or medication. A blunted or reversed night dip points toward causes worth chasing: sleep apnea, kidney strain, diabetes, or the timing of any current medication. Companion tests sharpen the picture, including a urine albumin test for early kidney damage, an HbA1c for blood sugar, and a lipid and particle workup for overall cardiovascular risk.
Because dipping and surge patterns shift from one recording to the next, treat a single abnormal night pattern as a lead to confirm, not a verdict. Repeat the recording before making a major decision, and re-run the panel after any change to medication, sleep, or lifestyle. Serial tracking is where this panel earns its place: the direction your numbers move between recordings tells you whether what you changed is working.
When Results Can Be Misleading
Several factors move the whole recording at once. Your 24-hour and daytime averages are the most stable outputs, while dipping and surge patterns are more variable: in repeat studies, roughly a third of people switch dipping category from one recording to the next, and the limits of agreement for daytime pressure span about 35 mmHg. Poor sleep, late caffeine or alcohol, an unusually active or sedentary day, and arm position during the night can all distort the circadian numbers.
One more caution is specific to the device. A cuffless wearable estimates your pressure continuously rather than inflating a cuff for each reading, and this approach does not yet carry the same validation as standard cuff-based monitoring. Use its averages and trends as a rich early signal, and confirm any new diagnosis with a clinician and a validated measurement.