Acute and Chronic Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Ambulatory Blood Pressure

Hypertension is a ubiquitous and serious disease. Regular exercise has been recommended as a strategy for the prevention and treatment of hypertension because of its effects in reducing clinical blood pressure; however, ambulatory blood pressure is a better predictor of target-organ damage than clinical blood pressure, and therefore studying the effects of exercise on ambulatory blood pressure is important as well. Moreover, different kinds of exercise might produce distinct effects that might differ between normotensive and hypertensive subjects.The aim of this study was to review the current literature on the acute and chronic effects of aerobic and resistance exercise on ambulatory blood pressure in normotensive and hypertensive subjects. It has been conclusively shown that a single episode of aerobic exercise reduces ambulatory blood pressure in hypertensive patients. Similarly, regular aerobic training also decreases ambulatory blood pressure in hypertensive individuals. In contrast, data on the effects of resistance exercise is both scarce and controversial. Nevertheless, studies suggest that resistance exercise might acutely decrease ambulatory blood pressure after exercise, and that this effect seems to be greater after low-intensity exercise and in patients receiving anti-hypertensive drugs. On the other hand, only two studies investigating resistance training in hypertensive patients have been conducted, and neither has demonstrated any hypotensive effect. Thus, based on current knowledge, aerobic training should be recommended to decrease ambulatory blood pressure in hypertensive individuals, while resistance exercise could be prescribed as a complementary strategy.     

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。     

Intra-Arterial Blood Pressure Response in Hypertensive Subjects during Low- and High-Intensity Resistance Exercise

OBJECTIVE:

The aim of this study was to describe blood pressure responses during resistance exercise in hypertensive subjects and to determine whether an exercise protocol alters these responses.

INTRODUCTION:

Resistance exercise has been recommended as a complement for aerobic exercise for hypertensive patients. However, blood pressure changes during this kind of exercise have been poorly investigated in hypertensives, despite multiple studies of normotensives demonstrating significant increases in blood pressure.

METHODS:

Ten hypertensive and ten normotensive subjects performed, in random order, two different exercise protocols, composed by three sets of the knee extension exercise conducted to exhaustion: 40% of the 1-repetition maximum (1RM) with a 45-s rest between sets, and 80% of 1RM with a 90-s rest between sets. Radial intra-arterial blood pressure was measured before and throughout each protocol.

RESULTS:

Compared with normotensives, hypertensives displayed greater increases in systolic BP during exercise at 80% (+80±3 vs. +62±2 mmHg, P<0.05) and at 40% of 1RM (+75±3 vs. +67±3 mmHg, P<0.05). In both exercise protocols, systolic blood pressure returned to baseline during the rest periods between sets in the normotensives; however, in the hypertensives, BP remained slightly elevated at 40% of 1RM. During rest periods, diastolic blood pressure returned to baseline in hypertensives and dropped below baseline in normotensives.

CONCLUSION:

Resistance exercise increased systolic blood pressure considerably more in hypertensives than in normotensives, and this increase was greater when lower-intensity exercise was performed to the point of exhaustion.     

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。     

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.     

The Clinical Association of the Blood Pressure Variability with the Target Organ Damage in Hypertensive Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

It is known that blood pressure variability (BPV) can independently affect target organ damage (TOD), even with normal blood pressure. There have been few studieson chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. We evaluated the relationship between BPV and TOD in a cross-sectional, multicenter study on hypertensive CKD patients. We evaluated 1,173 patients using 24-hr ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. BPV was defined as the average real variability, with a mean value of the absolute differences between consecutive readings of systolic blood pressure. TOD was defined as left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) (by the Romhilt-Estes score ≥4 in electrocardiography) and kidney injury (as determined from an estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR]<30 mL/min/1.73 m² and proteinuria).The mean BPV of the subjects was 15.9±4.63 mmHg. BPV displayed a positive relationship with LVH in a univariate analysis and after adjustment for multi-variables (odds ratio per 1 mmHg increase in BPV: 1.053, P=0.006). In contrast, BPV had no relationship with kidney injury. These data suggest that BPV may be positively associated with LVH in hypertensive CKD patients.

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高血压病患者动态血压变异性与微循环变化的关系

目的 :探讨高血压病 (EH)患者的动态血压变异性 (ABPV)、甲襞微循环变化特点及二者的关系。方法 :以 3 0例年龄相当、血压正常的健康者作对照组观察了 67例EH患者的动态血压变异性(ABPV)、甲襞微循环变化。结果 :发现高血压病组微循环的管袢形态、血流流态、袢周状态积分值及总积分值明显高于正常对照组。相关分析结果显示 :正常对照组甲襞微循环总积分值仅与年龄呈弱相关 (r=0 .3 75 ,P <0 .0 5 ) ,与偶测血压 (CBP)、动态血压的各参数平均值 (ABP)、ABPV无显著性相关。高血压病组总积分值主要与CBP、ABP呈显著正相关 ,与 2 4h、夜间的ABPVs、ABPVd呈显著负相关 ,其中与 2 4hABPs关系最为显著 (r =0 .60 4,P <0 .0 1)。结论 :高血压病昼夜血压水平与血压的变异性 ,对微循环恶化改变的发生发展起重要的作用。     

Health-Related Quality of Life and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients with and without Complications

INTRODUCTION:

The goal of antihypertensive treatment is to reduce blood pressure without interfering in health-related quality of life (HRQL)

OBJECTIVE:

This study aimed to assess the influence of hypertension control upon HRQL in hypertensive patients with and without complications.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Seventy-seven hypertensive outpatients (71% women, 58% white, 60% with elementary school level education, average age 54 ± 8 years) were observed during a 12-month special care program (phase 1: clinical visits every two months, donation of all antihypertensive medications, meetings with a multidisciplinary team, and active telephone calls) and three years of standard care (phase 2: clinical visits every four months, medication provided by the drugstore of the hospital with a two-hour wait and a possible lack of medication, no meetings with a multidisciplinary team or active telephone calls). The patient HRQL was assessed using Bulpitt and Fletcher’s Specific Questionnaire, as well as the SF-36 scores. Hypertensive patients were divided into “with complications” (n=37, diastolic blood pressure great than 110 mm Hg for patients with or without treatment, with clinically evident target-organ or other associated illness) and “without complications” (n=40). The variables studied were quality of life, blood pressure control, hypertension gravity, and demographic characteristics.

RESULTS:

In hypertensive patients with and without complications, both the systolic and diastolic blood pressure were significantly higher (p<0.05) in phase 2 of observation (143±18/84±11 and 144±21/93±11 mm Hg for patients with and without complications, respectively) relative to phase 1 (128±17/75±13 and 128±15/83±11mmHg). The proportion of patients with controlled blood pressure (defined as a blood pressure less than 140/90 mm Hg) decreased from 70% to 49% in the “with complications” group and from 78% to 50% in the “without complications” group during phase 2 of observation. The patients with complications showed a decrease in bodily pain, vitality, and mental health component summary scores in both phases. In phase 2, the patients without complications had significantly better HRQL scores compared to complicated patients using both the Bulpitt and Fletcher’s Questionnaire and the SF-36 assessment of physical capacity, bodily pain, and vitality domain summary scores. With regards to hypertension control, there was a significant decrease from phase 1 to phase 2 in the vitality component summary scores and an increase in the emotional aspect component summary scores assessed by the SF-36, whereas Bulpitt and Fletcher’s Questionnaire showed no differences in these scores.

CONCLUSION:

Special care programs with multidisciplinary activities, individualized and personalized assistance, easy access to pharmacological treatment, frequent meetings, and active telephone calls for hypertensive patients significantly increase blood pressure control but do not interfere with the HRQL.     

The Effects of Conflict on Tonic Levels of Blood Pressure in the Genetically Borderline Hypertensive Rat

Studies of aversive conditioning in animals have seldom elicited tonic elevations in blood pressure (BP) equivalent to those which produce pathological changes in humans. While it is possible that psychological factors are not that important in the etiology of hypertension, it is also possible that the failure to elicit large tonic elevations in BP in animals may be due either to stressors which are insufficiently potent and/or to an inadequate physiological model. The present study sought to maximize the probability of producing large tonic changes in BPs by using a conflict paradignt in a genetic strain of rats which develops systolic BPs in the borderline hypertensive area (c. 150 mmHg). Forty-eight male F₁ generation offspring of spontaneously hypertensive rats mated with normotensive controls were randomly split into three groups: experimental (subjected to 3 weeks of avoidance training and 12 weeks of conflict in conditioning cages), mild restraint control (placed in conditioning cages daily but not shocked), and maturation control (neither shocked nor restrained) groups. Animals subjected to conflict gradually developed tonic levels of systolic BP well into the hypertensive range (c. 185 mmHg). Restraint control animals also showed some elevation (c. 165 mmHg), but maturational controls showed no change (c. 150 mmHg). The saliency of this animal model for the study of stress-induced hypertension is discussed.     

老年高血压患者血压变异性对左心室肥厚的影响

目的　观察血压变异性 (BPV)对老年性高血压患者左心室肥厚的影响 .方法　老年性高血压患者 10 0例 ,根据左室重量指数 [LVMI]分为两组 :左室肥厚组和非左室肥厚组 ,进行 2 4小时动态血压监测 ,以各时段 (日间、夜间及 2 4小时 )血压的标准差作为血压变异性的量化指标 .结果　左室肥厚组日间、夜间及 2 4小时收缩压BPV显著高于非左室肥厚组 (p <0 .0 1) ,日间、夜间及 2 4小时收缩压BPV与LVMI呈正相关 ,舒张压BPV与LVMI无相关性 .结论　收缩压BPV与高血压左室肥厚的发生和肥厚程度有关 ,老年性高血压患者更容易出现左室肥厚 ,在治疗老年性高血压时 ,要注意平稳降压     

Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Endothelial Dysfunction in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients

Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a common treatment for many disorders. Albuminuria post-HCT, which may represent endothelial injury or inflammation from graft- versus-host disease, increases the risk of chronic kidney disease and nonrelapse mortality at 1 year. HCT recipients also have abnormal blood pressure (BP) and increased rates of cardiovascular complications. We sought to determine the relationships among albuminuria, endothelial dysfunction, and BP in HCT recipients. Patients age ?≥12 years who underwent their first allogeneic HCT between 2012 and 2015 and survived through day 80 post-HCT were eligible. Peripheral endothelial function was assessed using the EndoPAT2000 device at day 80 along with 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM). Clinical and laboratory data were collected along with a urine sample for calculation of the albumin-to-creatinine ratio. Both logistic and linear regression analyses were used to identify associations between EndoPAT score and clinical variables. Sixty patients (median age, 48 years; range, 14 to 69 years) completed the study. The median EndoPAT score was 2.05 (range, 1.02 to 4.45), and 17 patients (28%) had abnormal endothelial function. Forty-two patients (72%) had ambulatory hypertension (HTN), and 38 (63%) had blunted nocturnal dipping. HTN on ABPM (P?=?.045) and blunted nocturnal dipping (P?=?.04) were associated with a lower EndoPAT score. Albuminuria was not associated with EndoPAT score. There was a lack of agreement between our clinical definition of HTN (office BP and/or use of medications) and ABPM results (P?=?.04). We did not find an association between lower EndoPAT scores and albuminuria, but did find an association between an abnormal nocturnal dip and HTN diagnosed by ABPM. This suggests that albuminuria may reflect local endothelial injury and inflammation rather than a systemic process. Office BP readings do not accurately reflect true BP, suggesting that 24-hour ABPM studies are needed to diagnose and treat HTN appropriately.     

Blood pressure variability: A potential marker of aging

Aging is characterized by alterations in neuro-cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms, leading to impaired physiological variability patterns. Repeated evidence has shown that increased Blood Pressure Variability (BPV) is associated with organ damage and exerts independent predictive value on several health outcomes: cardiovascular events, neurocognitive impairment, metabolic disorders and typical geriatric syndromes such as sarcopenia and frailty. Accordingly, it may constitute the epiphenomenon of the alterations in homeostatic mechanisms, typical of late life.Aging and altered BPV share the same molecular mechanisms, in particular the clinical state of subclinical inflammation has been widely ascertained in advanced age and it is also related to BP dysregulation through altered endothelial function and increased production of ROS. Arterial stiffness and autonomic dysfunction have been associated to impairment in BPV and also represent key features in elderly patients. Furthermore, accumulating evidence in the field of Geroscience has reported that several molecular changes described in cardiovascular aging and altered BPV also relate with the majority of the 9 identified hallmarks of aging. Indeed, BPV may be linked to genomic instability, epigenetic modification and mitochondrial oxidative damage, which represent milestones of aging process.The aim of the present paper is to analyse the interplay between BPV and the pathophysiology of the ageing process, in order to stimulate discussion about the potential role of BPV as a new marker of aging.     

Cardiovascular Responses to Stress: II. Relationships to Aerobic Exercise Patterns

A sample of 174 men aged 18–22 years were divided into thirds based on self-reported levels of weekly aerobic exercise. Heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and pre-ejection period responses of these low, moderate, and high exercise groups were compared during a pretask rest and a later acclimated rest, a bicycle exercise task, a purported shock-avoidance reaction time task, and the cold pressor test. The low exercise subjects showed higher heart rates and marginally higher diastolic blood pressures than the high exercise subjects at rest. The low exercise subjects also showed greater myocardial responses to the mild exercise task and the reaction time task than the high exercise subjects, as reflected by group differences in heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and pre ejection period measures after covariance adjustment for baseline differences. Group differences observed in response to the cold pressor test were smaller and generally nonsignificant. These results were interpreted as evidence that aerobic exercise training may decrease beta-adrenergic myocardial responses to physical and behavioral challenges.     

非糖尿病患者在非体外循环下行CABG术围手术期血糖和血乳酸水平变化分析

目的 回顾性分析非糖尿病患者行非体外循环冠状动脉旁路移植术（Off-Pump CABG）术前、术中、术后进入ICU血糖与血乳酸的变化趋势,探讨血糖与血乳酸之间的相关性。方法 选取2016年10月~2018年7月承德医学院附属医院心外科50例择期行Off-Pump CABG的非糖尿病患者资料进行研究,观察术前血糖及血乳酸水平,分别为术前、术中1 h、2 h和术后在ICU 1、2、4、6、12、24、48 h各时间点的血乳酸及血糖水平并作趋势分析。结果 患者随着手术及进入ICU时间的延长血乳酸水平均有增高趋势,血糖、血乳酸都有先升高到再次恢复正常的过程,并于进入ICU 4 h到达最高值;同时观察到血乳酸值与血糖值的变化趋势大致相同。通过一元线性回归分析血糖与乳酸的相关系数为0.350,单侧P=0.001,证明两个变量间有直线相关关系。结论 积极控制Off-Pump CABG围手术期的血糖,能够减少高乳酸血症的发生,对于患者积极恢复及预后有积极意义。     

高血压微循环与体循环动力学临床研究系列(下)——Ⅶ.高血压病人毛细血管压与某些血流动力学指标之间关系的探讨

用间接法测定30例高血压病人甲襞毛细血管压明显高于正常血压组(68.68±19.42mmHg对43.11±10.30mmHg,1mmHg=1/7.5kPa,P<0.01)高血压组用心痛定或巯甲丙脯酸干预后,毛细血管压明显下降(57.4l±14.78对68.68±19.42mmHg,P<0.02)。高血压病人毛细血管与肱动脉舒张压呈正相关(r=0.731,P<0.05),降压治疗后,毛细血管压与甲襞毛细血管密度呈负相关(r=0.697,P<0.05),提示高血压病人检查毛细血管压可作为无创性评价外周阻力的临床指标之一。     

浅谈甲状腺功能亢进症患者血清抵抗素水平与血糖、血脂及甲状腺激素的关系

目的 对甲状腺功能亢进症患者的血清抵抗素水平与血糖、血脂及甲状腺激素的关系进行分析和探讨.方法 选择2013年4月至2014年5月我院收治的60例甲状腺功能亢进患者作为本次研究的实验组,另选择60例健康人员作为本次的对照组.结果 实验组患者的空腹血糖高于对照组,T-CH、LDL-C低于对照组(P＜0.05);实验组患者的FT3、FT4、胰岛素、抵抗素、HOMA-IR明显高于对照组、TSH明显低于对照组(P＜0.05);甲状腺功能亢进症患者的血清抵抗素水平与FT3 、FT4、HOMA-IR呈正相关关系,与T-CH、LDL-C呈负相关关系.结论 甲状腺功能亢进症患者血清抵抗素水平与血糖、血脂及甲状腺激素有密切的关系.     

The Covariation of Blood Pressure and Pulse Transit Time in Hypertensive Patients

To examine the relationship between blood pressure (BP) and pulse transit time (PTT) as measured by the time between the ECG R-wave and an associated peripheral pulse, BP was recorded via a radial artery catheter in 3 hvpertensive subjects who underwent a variety of conditions to alter BP. Overall. 70% of the data was usable. Absolute levels of systolic blood pressure (SBP) but not diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were found to correlate appreciably with PTT. There were significant associations between PTT and both SBP and mean BP but not DBP for direction of BP change. With large SBP changes (> 4 mmHg) an increase in the strength of association occurred in 14 of the 21 conditions across subjects. Overall, PTT did not accurately predict actual BP. PTT and SBP covaried more appreciably in these hypertensives than has been reported for normotensives.