2型糖尿病并脑梗死动态血压变化及其影响因素研究

目的　探讨 2型糖尿病 (2 -DM)患者并初发脑梗死 (CI)动态压血改变的特点及其意义 .方法　配对方法观察 41例 2 -DM并初发CI与 41例一般CI患者的 2 4小时动态血压 (ABP)改变情况 .结果　 2 -DM并初发CI患者的 2 4小时收缩压负荷、白天和夜间收缩压较一般CI患者高 (p <0 .0 5 ) ,白天和夜间舒张压、2 4小时舒张压负荷两者无显著性差异 (p >0 .0 5 ) .结论　 2 -DM初发CI后 2 4小时收缩压负荷及夜间血压增高 ,可能是2 -DM患者CI再发率高的原因之一 .     

原发性高血压合并微量白蛋白尿患者动态血压观察

目的了解原发性高血压患者微量白蛋白尿(micro-albuminuria,MAU)与动态血压的特征性改变,包括血压变异指数(ABPVs、ABPVd)、血压负荷(BPload)及血压昼夜节律的相关性。方法确诊的141例原发性高血压患者进行24h动态血压和24h尿微量白蛋白检查,分为微量白蛋白尿(MAU)组及尿微量白蛋白正常组(NAU)。结果MAU组血压变异指数及血压负荷较NAU组增大(P<0.05),合并MAU的患者血压昼夜节律不明显。结论微量白蛋白尿的发生与血压变异指数、血压负荷和血压昼夜节律密切相关,有无微量白蛋白尿可一定程度上反映血压控制状况。     

Blood pressure measurements taken by patients are similar to home and ambulatory blood pressure measurements

OBJECTIVE: To compare blood pressure measurements taken at home by physicians, nurses, and patients with office blood pressure measurement , ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and home blood pressure measurement. METHODS: A total of 44 patients seen by a home care program were studied. Protocol 1 a) blood pressure was measured by the patient, a physician and a nurse during a regular home visit (Home1); b) home blood pressure measurement was measured for 4 days (HBPM1); c) office blood pressure measurement was measured by a physician, a nurse, and the patient; and by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Protocol 2 blood pressure was measured by the patient, a physician, and a nurse during a special home visit in the presence of a physician and a nurse only (Home2); and b) home blood pressure measurement was taken for the second time (HBPM2). Echocardiography, guided by a two-dimensional echocardiograph, was performed. RESULTS: Protocol 1: a) office blood pressure measurement and Home1 were significantly higher than ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, except for systolic and diastolic office blood pressure measurement taken by the patient or a family member, systolic blood pressure taken by a nurse, and diastolic blood pressure taken by a physician. b) ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and HBPM1 were similar. Protocol 2: a) HBPM2 and Home2 were similar. b) Home2 was significantly lower than Home1, except for diastolic blood pressure taken by a nurse or the patient. There were significant relationships between: a) diastolic blood pressure measured by the patient and the thickness of the interventricular septum, posterior wall, and left ventricular mass; and b) ambulatory and HBPM2 diastolic and systolic blood pressure taken by a physician (home2) and left ventricular mass. Therefore, the data indicate that home blood pressure measurement and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring had good prognostic values relative to "office measurement." CONCLUSION: This study showed that the measurement most similar to home blood pressure measurement and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring was blood pressure measured by the patient, and that home blood pressure measurement and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring had good prognostic value relative to "office measurements".     

Vascular dysfunction during pregnancy in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

BACKGROUND: An association has been proposed between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and pregnancy-induced hypertensive disorders. Ambulatory blood pressure and carotid artery elasticity were therefore prospectively investigated in matched PCOS and control pregnancies. METHODS: Twenty-two PCOS-control subject pairs with singleton pregnancies, matched for age, body mass index, parity and ethnicity, were recruited in the first trimester (T1, 11-13 weeks). Ambulatory blood pressure recording for 24 h and carotid artery ultrasound for elasticity estimation were performed in T1 and in the second (T2, 22-24 weeks) and third (T3, 32-34 weeks) trimesters. RESULTS: At nearly all time points during gestation, ambulatory systolic, diastolic and mean arterial pressures were elevated in PCOS versus control pregnancies. Carotid artery stiffness index was greater and compliance was less in PCOS pregnancies compared with controls. Differences in night-time systolic pressure and carotid artery elasticity were greatest in T3. PCOS also increased the incidence of pregnancy-induced hypertension (6 of 22 cases versus 0 of 22 in controls; P = 0.011). CONCLUSIONS: Pregnant women with PCOS have higher baseline ambulatory blood pressure and impaired arterial elasticity, suggestive of disturbed vascular adaptation to pregnancy.     

Posture, Place, and Mood Effects on Ambulatory Blood Pressure

Ambulatory blood pressure was studied as a function of posture, place, and mood in 131 subjects classified according to race, gender, and hypertensive status. The effect of posture was significant and explained a substantial proportion of within-subject variability. After controlling for posture, significant place and mood effects were observed when subjects were sitting but not when they were standing. Home vs. work differences in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure were significantly greater in Whites than in Blacks. Similar differences in systolic blood pressure were greater in mild hypertensive than in normotensive subjects. The results of this study underscore the need to control for effects of posture when interpreting ambulatory blood pressure readings.     

Predicting Home and Work Blood Pressure Measurements from Resting Baselines and Laboratory Reactivity in Black and White Americans

The relationship between blood pressure in the laboratory (both at rest and in response to laboratory tasks) and ambulatory blood pressure at home and at work was evaluated. One hundred nineteen normotensive and unmedicated mild-moderate hypertensive black and white females and males participated in laboratory blood pressure monitoring at rest and during four challenging tasks (structured interview, video game, bicycle exercise, and cold pressor test) as well as ambulatory blood pressure monitoring while at home and at work. Baseline blood pressure taken while subjects were at rest was the strongest predictor of ambulatory systolic blood pressure (r = .64) and diastolic blood pressure (r = .77) at work. Among reactivity tasks the strongest predictors of ambulatory blood pressure in the total population were the structured interview and the video game (both psychological tasks) followed by the cold pressor test. Racial comparisons, however, determined that the cold pressor test predicted diastolic blood pressure significantly better for blacks (r = .73) than for whites (r = .40), suggesting a possible difference in blood pressure regulation.     

Circadian blood pressure patterns and life stress

BACKGROUND: Scarce data are available on the influence of psychological aspects on 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure patterns either in normotensive or hypertensive subjects. This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between psychological profile and changes in daytime/nighttime blood pressure rhythm. METHODS: Nocturnal dipping was defined as the night/day ratio of ambulatory mean systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure < or =0.87. Three-hundred and two outpatients (M/F = 174/128; mean age = 49.8 years, SD = 13.6; range, 16-80 years) underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. They were administered a self-rating scale, the Psychosocial Index, as an indicator of stress, psychological distress, sleep disturbances, well-being, abnormal illness behavior and quality of life. There were 242 patients taking antihypertensive medication (146 adequately controlled and 96 not controlled) and 60 who were drug free (33 never-treated hypertensive and 27 normotensive subjects). Patients were divided according to the presence (n = 125) or absence (n = 177) of night blood pressure dipping. The two groups were compared using analysis of covariance, with age as a covariate. RESULTS: Dippers had lower (p < 0.001) nocturnal systolic and diastolic blood pressure than nondippers, and higher (p < 0.05) daytime diastolic blood pressure. Patients with nocturnal blood pressure decline had a markedly higher (p < 0.001) level of stress than nondippers. When the sample was divided according to the presence or absence of hypertension, only subjects with normal blood pressure showed nocturnal dipping associated with increased stressful life circumstances. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that dippers experience stressful life circumstances, both in terms of life events and chronic stress. This suggests that stress-reducing techniques may be particularly helpful in the setting of hypertension characterized by nighttime blood pressure dipping.     

Association between Central Obesity and Circadian Parameters of Blood Pressure from the Korean Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Registry: Kor-ABP Registry

Central obesity has been reported as a risk for atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome. The influence of central obesity on diurnal blood pressure (BP) has not been established. In this study, we investigated the influence of central obesity on the circadian parameters of BP by 24 hr ambulatory BP monitoring. Total 1,290 subjects were enrolled from the Korean Ambulatory BP registry. Central obesity was defined as having a waist circumference≥90 cm in males and ≥85 cm in females. The central-obese group had higher daytime systolic BP (SBP), nighttime SBP and diastolic BP (DBP) than the non-obese group (all, P<0.001). There were no differences in nocturnal dipping (ND) patterns between the groups. Female participants showed a higher BP mean difference (MD) than male participants with concerns of central obesity (daytime SBP MD 5.28 vs 4.27, nighttime SBP MD 6.48 vs 2.72) and wider pulse pressure (PP). Central obesity within the elderly (≥65 yr) also showed a higher BP MD than within the younger group (daytime SBP MD 8.23 vs 3.87, daytime DBP 4.10 vs 1.59). In conclusion, central obesity has no influence on nocturnal dipping patterns. However, higher SBP and wider PP are associated with central obesity, which is accentuated in women.     

Noninvasive,automatic 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in normotensive subjects

Summary The reliability of noninvasive, automatic blood pressure monitoring is not yet clearly established. A 24-h ambulatory blood pressure profile was obtained in 9 healthy, normotensive subjects with an automatic, noninvasive device. The blood pressure profile showed the typical circadian pattern with lower systolic and diastolic values during sleep, although pulse pressure was fairly constant (about 40 mm Hg). The systolic blood pressure rose steeply in the early morning hours — before waking up. The results were compared with simultaneous hourly readings using the auscultatory method. There were no statistically significant differences between the automatic and auscultatory readings, 13 of the 18 mean values at. different time points being within 2 mm Hg of each other. All the auscultatory means fell within the 95% confidence limits of those measured hourly by the automatic method. Although the automatic method seemed to be reliable compared with the auscultatory method, its sensitivity to motion artifacts is a disadvantage in a truly ambulatory setting.     

Isolated office hypertension: association with target organ damage and cardiovascular risk indices

BACKGROUND: Isolated office hypertension (IOH) has been accepted as a benign condition by some researchers, whereas others believe that it is associated with cardiovascular abnormalities and increased cardiovascular risk. The aim of this present study was to evaluate the effects of IOH on target organ damage and cardiovascular risk indices. METHODS: Arterial blood pressure (BP) measured in the office and by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABMP), carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), left ventricular mass index (LVMI), cardiothoracic index (CTI), duration of QTc, 24-hour microalbuminuria, fibrinogen, C-reactive protein (CRP), total cholesterol, low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density-lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and triglyceride levels were evaluated. Thirty-three subjects with IOH (office BP > or = 140/90 mmHg and daytime ambulatory BP <135/85 mmHg), 17 patients with sustained hypertension (office BP > or = 140/90 mmHg and daytime ambulatory BP > or = 135/85 mmHg), and 17 normotensive control subjects were recruited in the study. The three groups were matched for age, sex and body mass index. RESULTS: CIMT was greater in patients with IOH than in normotensive subjects, and it was significantly lower than that of sustained hypertension patients. Significantly higher LVMI was determined in subjects with IOH compared to normotensive subjects. CTI, QTc, microalbuminuria, fibrinogen, CRP, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels did not differ significantly among the three groups. CONCLUSIONS: IOH causes significant target organ damage and should not be regarded as a benign condition.     

The association of an adenine insertion variant in the 5’UTR of the endothelin-1 gene with hypertension and orthostatic hypotension

Introduction

An adenine insertion polymorphism in the 5’ untranslated region of the endothelin-1 gene is functional and increases the expression of endothelin mRNA and protein in the insertion homozygote. In the present study we hypothesized that this functional polymorphism might be associated with hypertension and/or orthostatic hypotension.

Material and methods

The adenine insertion polymorphism was genotyped in 381 untreated hypertensive patients and 298 normotensive subjects, all of whom underwent an upright posture study for orthostatic blood pressure measurements. Orthostatic hypotension was defined as a drop in blood pressure of 20/10 mm Hg or more within 3 min of assuming the upright posture.

Results

The allele frequency of the adenine insertion was similar in hypertensive and normotensive subjects (15.2% vs. 15.3%, p > 0.05). After adjustment for age, sex and body mass index, blood pressure levels did not differ significantly among the genotypes in both hypertensives and normotensives. No associations were found between the distribution of the adenine insertion genotypes and the risk of orthostatic hypotension in both hypertensive patients and normotensive subjects even after adjustment for demographic parameters and supine systolic or diastolic blood pressure. Neither hypertensive nor normotensive subjects showed significant differences in orthostatic systolic or diastolic blood pressure changes among the genotype groups (all p > 0.05).

Conclusions

We concluded that the functional adenine insertion polymorphism in the endothelin-1 gene is not associated with either hypertension or orthostatic hypotension risk in Chinese.     

Reference data for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: What results are equivalent to the established limits of office blood pressure?

Summary In 1039 subjects ambulatory blood pressure monitoring was performed to define threshold values, which are equivalent to the established limits of the office blood pressure.Mean values and proportions of elevated single readings were correlated to office blood pressure by regression analyses. To avoid impact of varying sleeping periods on 24 h blood pressure, only daytime readings were considered.Correlations between average daytime blood pressure and office blood pressure were linear: Mean daytime values of 135 mmHg (systolic) and of 84 mmHg (diastolic) were equivalent to the casual blood pressure limits of 140 mmHg and 90 mmHg.Correlations between percentages of elevated single readings and office blood pressure were nonlinear: Proportions of 25% systolic readings > 140 mmHg and of 17% diastolic readings > 90 mmHg were equivalent to casual blood pressure limits of 140 mmHg and 90 mmHg.On the basis of the regression equations, any result of ambulatory blood pressure recording during daytime can now be evaluated in terms of the established standards of office blood pressure.     

Effect of satisfaction with social support on blood pressure in normotensive and borderline hypertensive men and women

The relation between blood pressure (BP) and two aspects of social support, perceived satisfaction and structural social support network characteristics, were examined in adults classified as having normal BP or borderline hypertension. Casual BP_s were taken by a trained technician on 3 separate visits, each approximately 1 week apart. Participants were categorized as borderline hypertensive if screening systolic blood pressure (SBP) fell in the range 130-160 mmHg and/ordiastolic blood pressure (DBP) fell in the range 85-100 mmHg; BP_s below these ranges were considered normotensive. Participants underwent ambulatory BP monitoring, Individuals classified as normotensive reported significantly greater support satisfaction than individuals with borderline hypertension. Social network characteristics were not associated with BP. During 24 hr of ambulatory BP monitoring, high perceived support satisfaction was associated with lower SBP and DBP at work, home, and during sleep. These data suggest that perceived satisfaction with social support is associated with lower BP. The presence of social support also may reduce BP levels during daily life. This study was supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants HL49427, HL49572. HL53724, and MOI-RR-30, National Center far Research Resources, Clinical Research Centers Program, National Institutes of Health.     

Evaluation of a New Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor (Accutracker 102): Laboratory Comparisons With Direct Arterial Pressure, Stethoscopic Auscultatory Pressure, and Readings From a Similar Monitor (Spacelabs Model 5200)

Systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure levels generated by a new noninvasive ambulatory monitor, the Accutracker 102, were compared in the laboratory with intra-arterial pressure levels in 12 normotensive men, and with stethoscopic auscultatory determinations in 27 normotensive and hypertensive men and women over a wide range of within-subject pressure variations. In 11 subjects, its performance was also compared with another ambulatory monitor, the Spacelabs Model 5200. Highly positive correlations with both the intra-arterial (median r=+.90 for SBP, +.92 for DBP) and the stethoscopic standards (median r=+.93 for SBP, +.88 for DBP) were obtained using Accutracker's automatic readings (digital readout), while slightly higher correlations were obtained with hand-scoring of recorded data. The Spacelabs BP monitor also yielded readings that were highly correlated with stethoscopic readings (median r=+.83 for SBP, +.77 for DBP), although in 3 of the 11 subjects the Accutracker correlations were substantially higher than the Spacelabs correlations. Despite their generally good tracking of changes in pressure, both ambulatory monitors yielded absolute values in many subjects that differed by 5 mmHg or more from stethoscopic levels. The Accutracker's SBP levels were consistently too high and its DBP levels were occasionally too low, while Spacelabs' SBP and DBP values were too high and too low with equal frequency. However, mean deviation scores for each patient calculated from 5 concurrent ambulatory monitor and stethoscopic readings were shown to yield relatively stable correction factors for use when comparison with clinical standards is desired.     

Ambulante indirekte Blutdrucklangzeitmessung bei primärer und sekundärer Hypertonie

Summary Ambulatory 24 hour blood pressure measurements were performed in 21 patients with various forms of secondary hypertension and were compared with the blood pressure profile of a matched group of patients with primary hypertension. Patients with renovascular (n=8) and renoparechymal hypertension (n=8), and with primary hyperaldosteronism (n=4) showed no significant fall in systolic blood pressure during the sleeping period (00-03 a.m.) and in systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the early morning (06 a.m.) as compared with essential hypertensives. However, in a single case of hypertension due to coarctation of the aorta the 24 hour blood pressure profile is not different from essential hypertension.Thus, ambulatory 24 hour blood pressure recording is a good method for screening secondary forms of hypertension.

     

Determinants of circadian blood pressure rhythm and blood pressure variability in obstructive sleep apnoea

SUMMARY  The prevalence of hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is high and blood pressure profile is characterized by nocturnal blood pressure (BP) elevation and increased nocturnal BP variability. Ambulatory 24-hour-biood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a valid, non-invasive method to describe circadian BP variation. Circadian BP profile and nocturnal BP variability were related to OSA severity (apnoea-hypopnoea index, mean low O₂), age and body mass index (BMI) in 73 patients with OSA. Prevalence of hypertension was 75%, and in 59% BMI was greater than 30 kg m^-2. A nocturnal decline of at least 10% from daytime mean BP values (night/day BP ratio <0.9; dipper) was found in only 25% of hypertensive patients and 39% of normotensive patients. Comparison between dippers and non-dippers showed significant differences in apnoea severity (apnoea-hypopnoea index 32 + 19 vs. 50 + 23/h, P <0.01; mean low O₂ 84.5 + 4 vs. 80.2 + 5.8%, P< 0.01) but not for age and BMI. In multiple regression analyses with age, body mass index, apnoea-hypopnoea index and mean low O₂ as independent and BP ratios and BP variability as dependent variables, sleep apnoea severity was the only independent predictor for circadian BP rhythm and nocturnal BP variability. The results presented here suggest that independent of age and obesity the severity of sleep apnoea is an important determinant of circadian BP variation and nocturnal BP variability.     

Impaired Cognitive Executive Dysfunction in Adult Treated Hypertensives with a Confirmed Diagnosis of Poorly Controlled Blood Pressure

Background. High blood pressure (BP) poses a major risk for cognitive decline. Aim of the study was to highlight the relationship between cognitive assessment scores and an effective therapeutic BP control.Methods. By medical visit and ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM), we studied 302 treated hypertensives, subdivided according to office/daytime BP values into 120 with good (GC) and 98 poor (PC) BP control, 40 with “white coat hypertension” (WCH) and 44 a “masked-hypertension” phenomenon (MH). Patients underwent neuropsychological assessment to evaluate global cognitive scores at the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) and attention/executive functions (Delayed Recall, Digit Span Forwards, Digit Span Backwards, Selective Attention, Verbal Fluency, Stroop Test and Clock Drawing). Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) served as the index of vascular damage.Results. There were no differences among the groups in terms of gender, age, education, metabolic assessment, clinical history and hypertension treatment. GC presented lower office and ambulatory BP values and IMT. PC performed worse than GC on global executive and attention functions, especially executive functions. In PC, office systolic BP (SBP) was significantly associated to the MMSE and FAB scores and, in particular, to Verbal Fluency, Stroop Errors and Clock Drawing tests. Office diastolic BP (DBP) was associated to Selective attention, nocturnal SBP to Digit Span backwards and Verbal Fluency. Worse cognitive assessment scores were obtained in WCH than GC.Conclusions. The findings showed that in adult treated hypertensives, a poor BP control, as both doctor''s office and daytime scores, is associated to impaired global cognitive and especially executive/attention functions.     

Urinary excretion of renin and angiotensinogen in hypertensive children and adolescents

IntroductionIn recent years hypertension has become an emerging condition in the young population. It has been proposed that the renin–angiotensin system plays an important role in regulation of blood pressure. We assessed whether activation of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system occurs in hypertensive children and adolescents and what better reflects its activity: urine angiotensinogen (AGT) or urine renin (REN).Material and methodsThe study was conducted on a sample of 58 subjects with primary hypertension (HT) and 29 normotensive children and adolescents. We measured urine REN and AGT excretion and assessed the values in relation to blood pressure (BP) and other clinical parameters. Both REN and AGT values were calculated by urine creatinine: REN/cr. and AGT/cr., respectively.ResultsWe observed higher urine REN/cr. values in hypertensive subjects in comparison to the reference group (6.99 vs. 2.93, p = 0.003). Hypertensive participants showed positive correlations between urine REN/cr. and diastolic 24-hour BP (r = 0.42, p = 0.002) as well as between urine REN/cr. and urine AGT/cr. (r = 0.266, p = 0.044, respectively).ConclusionsIncreased urine REN/cr. in hypertensive children and adolescents and its positive correlation with BP may indicate its important role in the pathogenesis of HT. Perhaps urine REN/cr. could be a marker of intrarenal renin-angiotensin system activity. Nevertheless, further research should be undertaken to confirm this observation.     

老年高血压的动态血压监测

对60例老年高血压病患者(Ⅰ期24例,Ⅱ期21例、Ⅲ期15例)、30例健康老年人、30例健康中青年分别进行动态血压监测和比较。结果老年对照组动态血压监测各参数值均明显高于中青年对照组;高血压Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ期各组与老年对照组比较各参数值也明显增高。如以老年对照组各项参数的(?)±2s为正常高限,则高血压Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ期各组分别有9、13、15项数值超过正常。其中以24小时平均收缩压和舒张压日间平均收缩压和舒张压、夜间平均收缩压和舒张压及血压负荷值等为诊断动态高血压的重要指标。