P7.06 CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE AND AUGMENTATION INDEX OF HEALTHY YOUTH
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Background: The clinical importance of central blood pressure (BP) and heart rate corrected augmentation index (AIxHR75) has been gradually increasing in recent years.
Objectives: We measured the peripheral and central BP, the AIxHR75 of healthy volunteers with special regard to diurnal variation (8 AM, 12 PM, 5 PM) and gender difference.
Methods: The measurements were carried out using the SphygmoCor (AtCor Medical, Australia) device.
Results: 52 young subjects (23 males, 29 females) were included in the study. The average age was 23.6±2.1 years. The peripheral and central systolic and diastolic BP values did not show any significant diurnal variation either for males, or females. All BP values of the males were higher than that of females (p<0,001). The peripheral systolic BP were higher than the central systolic pressure during all three times of measurement (p<0,001). The differences for males were 14.3±3.7 mmHg; 17.4±3.6 mmHg, and 17.8±3.1 mmHg (p<0,001), while the amplification of systolic BP for females were 11.5±3.4 mmHg; 12.7±3.7 mmHg, and 12.9±3.5 mmHg (p<0,001), respectively. However, the values of the AIxHR75 were the highest in the morning, and it gradually decreased during the day for both genders (p<0.01). The females AIxHR75 were higher than that of males (p<0,001).
Conclusions: We suppose that it is important to determine central BP by non-invasive measurement, especially in young individuals, since the peripheral BP measured at the brachial artery does not reliably represent the actual central pressure conditions. Furthermore we conclude that the AIxHR75 shows a considerable diurnal variation and gender difference.
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TY - JOUR AU - E. Komonyi AU - Sz. Lengyel AU - M. Juhász AU - E. Katona AU - Gy Paragh AU - B. Fülesdi AU - J. Zatik AU - D. Páll PY - 2009 DA - 2009/12/03 TI - P7.06 CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE AND AUGMENTATION INDEX OF HEALTHY YOUTH JO - Artery Research SP - 184 EP - 184 VL - 3 IS - 4 SN - 1876-4401 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2009.10.099 DO - 10.1016/j.artres.2009.10.099 ID - Komonyi2009 ER -