Artery Research

Volume 12, Issue C, December 2015, Pages 30 - 31

P7.4 MORNING CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE SURGE DOES NOT DIFFER BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN

Authors
Agnieszka Bednarek*1, Piotr Jankowski1, Agnieszka Olszanecka1, Adam Windak2, Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz1, Danuta Czarnecka1
1Jagiellonian University, 1st Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Hypertension, Krakow, Poland
2Jagiellonian University Medical College, Department of Internal Medicine and Gerontology, Krakow, Poland
Available Online 23 November 2015.
DOI
10.1016/j.artres.2015.10.308How to use a DOI?
Abstract

Objective: Morning blood pressure (BP) surge is considered to be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. On the other hand, there is increasing evidence that central systolic pressure (CSP) is stronger correlated with target organ damage and cardiovascular events than peripheral systolic pressure. Therefore, the aim of study was to evaluate the difference in morning central BP surge between men and women.

Methods: Fifty patients with never treated hypertension (age 40.4±11.5 years, 35 men) and 50 normotensive subjects (age 38.3±12.0 years, 35 men) were included into the study. Applanation tonometry of the radial artery and “n-point forward moving average” method have been used to derive 24-h CSP (BPro, HealtStats). The sleep-through morning surge (MS) was the difference between the morning pressure and the lowest nighttime BP. The preawakening MS was the difference between the morning BP and the preawakening BP (the average BP during the 2 hours before awakening).

Results: The 24-hour CSP was 129.5±10.6 mmHg in hypertensives and 110.5±12.4 mmHg in normotensives (p<0.05). The average daytime and nighttime CSP was 133.8±11.1 mmHg and 123.1±11.1 mmHg (p<0.05) in hypertensives whereas 114.3±13.7 mmHg and 104.8±11.7 (p<0.05) in normotensives, respectively. The values of morning BP surge are presented in the table.

Conclusion: Central sleep-through MS and preawakening MS are similar in men and women.

Men (n=35) Women (n=15) p
HYPERTENSIVES
Central sleep-through MS (mmHg) 19.38±7.59 16.74±5.99 0.24
Peripheral sleep-through MS (mmHg) 13.21±7.76 10.02±4.58 0.15
NORMOTENSIVES
Central sleep-through MS (mmHg) 16.21±7.90 20.56±20.30 0.28
Peripheral sleep-through MS (mmHg) 9.76±7.0 17.37±21.4 0.07
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Journal
Artery Research
Volume-Issue
12 - C
Pages
30 - 31
Publication Date
2015/11/23
ISSN (Online)
1876-4401
ISSN (Print)
1872-9312
DOI
10.1016/j.artres.2015.10.308How to use a DOI?
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license.

Cite this article

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AU  - Agnieszka Bednarek*
AU  - Piotr Jankowski
AU  - Agnieszka Olszanecka
AU  - Adam Windak
AU  - Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz
AU  - Danuta Czarnecka
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015/11/23
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JO  - Artery Research
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VL  - 12
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