Sonali S. Shah, Stella May Gwini, Michael Stowasser, Christopher M. Reid, Morag J. Young, Peter J. Fuller, Jun Yang
{"title":"A Randomized trial assessing Efficacy and safety of Mineralocorticoid receptor Antagonist therapy compared to Standard antihypertensive Therapy in hypErtension with low Renin (REMASTER): rationale and study design","authors":"Sonali S. Shah, Stella May Gwini, Michael Stowasser, Christopher M. Reid, Morag J. Young, Peter J. Fuller, Jun Yang","doi":"10.1038/s41371-024-00931-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41371-024-00931-4","url":null,"abstract":"Low-renin hypertension affects 1 in 4 people with hypertension, but the optimal management of this condition is not known. We hypothesize that a large proportion of people with low-renin hypertension is mediated by excess mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activation and that targeted treatment with an MR antagonist (MRA) will be beneficial. This randomized, single-blinded, titration-to-effect aims to investigate whether targeted treatment in low-renin hypertension with MRA is better compared to standard antihypertensives in terms of blood pressure control and end-organ protection. Adults with hypertension, who are treatment naïve or are receiving up to two antihypertensive agents and have a low direct renin concentration <10 mU/L will be included. Participants with severe hypertension, a secondary cause of hypertension, pregnant, breastfeeding, with moderate-severe cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease, or on medications that confound interpretation of the plasma direct renin or aldosterone concentrations will be excluded. Eligible participants will be randomized 1:1 to either MRA therapy (spironolactone) or standard anti-hypertensive therapy (perindopril+/− amlodipine) for 48 weeks. Anti-hypertensives will be up-titrated every 12 weeks until target blood pressure is achieved. The primary objective will be to determine the total defined daily dose of antihypertensives required to achieve the target blood pressure and change in mean clinic systolic blood pressure at week 48. Current hypertension guidelines do not have specific recommendations for the choice of anti-hypertensive medications for people with low-renin hypertension. The results of this trial could guide future hypertension guidelines.","PeriodicalId":16070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Hypertension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41371-024-00931-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141723773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jon Stavres, Anabelle Vallecillo-Bustos, Ta’Quoris A. Newsome, Ryan S. Aultman, Caleb F. Brandner, Austin J. Graybeal
{"title":"Hemodynamic responses to the cold pressor test in individuals with metabolic syndrome: a case-control study in a multiracial sample of adults","authors":"Jon Stavres, Anabelle Vallecillo-Bustos, Ta’Quoris A. Newsome, Ryan S. Aultman, Caleb F. Brandner, Austin J. Graybeal","doi":"10.1038/s41371-024-00938-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41371-024-00938-x","url":null,"abstract":"Previous research shows that exercise pressor and metaboreflex responses are significantly exaggerated in individuals with metabolic syndrome, but it is unclear if these exaggerated responses extend to the cold pressor test (CPT). This study tested the hypothesis that, contrary to previously reported exaggerated responses during exercise, CPT responses would not be significantly exaggerated in individuals with MetS compared to matched controls. Eleven individuals with MetS and eleven control participants matched by age, race, sex, and ethnicity completed a cardiometabolic prescreening and a CPT. Each CPT required participants to immerse their hand in ice water for two minutes while beat-by-beat blood pressure, heart rate (HR), and leg blood flow (LBF) were continuously measured. Leg vascular conductance (LVC) was calculated as LBF divided by mean arterial pressure (MAP). The precent changes in MAP, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), HR, LBF, and LVC were compared across time (BL vs. Minutes 1 and 2 of CPT) and between groups (MetS vs. Control) using repeated measures analyses of variance. As expected, MAP (f = 32.11, p < 0.001), SBP (f = 23.18, p < 0.001), DBP (f = 40.39, p < 0.001), and HR (f = 31.81, p < 0.001) increased during the CPT, and LBF (f = 4.75, p = 0.014) and LVC (f = 13.88, p < 0.001) decreased. However, no significant main effects of group or group by time interactions were observed (f ≤ 0.391, p ≥ 0.539). These findings indicate that the hemodynamic responses to the CPT are not significantly exaggerated in MetS, and therefore, previous reports of exaggerated exercise pressor and metaboreflex responses in MetS cannot be attributed to generalized sympathetic overexcitability.","PeriodicalId":16070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Hypertension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141633746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amy E. Boettcher, Hannah E. Penfold, Katharine D. Currie
{"title":"Correction: Exercise systolic blood pressures are unaffected by time of day in healthy young adults","authors":"Amy E. Boettcher, Hannah E. Penfold, Katharine D. Currie","doi":"10.1038/s41371-024-00934-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41371-024-00934-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Hypertension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41371-024-00934-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141626917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wearable cuffless blood pressure tracking: when will they be good enough?","authors":"Aletta E. Schutte","doi":"10.1038/s41371-024-00932-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41371-024-00932-3","url":null,"abstract":"Wearable health monitoring is a multibillion-dollar industry. But the holy grail is probably getting it right for blood pressure monitoring without a cuff, because raised blood pressure is very common and the leading cause of death in the world. Many have tried and failed, but industry is persisting: numerous cuffless wearable blood pressure devices are on the market, several technologies have been developed, hundreds of patents are registered every year, and some devices already have regulatory approval. However, to convince the die-hard blood pressure critic is a different ball game. To understand the challenges of currently accepted methods and cuffless devices, I performed a 24-h blood pressure monitoring self-test, including measurements when awake, asleep and watching an intense match of the Rugby World Cup final, with the purpose to demonstrate the challenges and opportunities we face. Blood pressure was monitored using five different devices simultaneously: validated left and right arm cuff blood pressure, and three cuffless wearable devices (wrist-band, chest patch and a ring). Whilst none of these devices proved to be perfect in capturing a physiologically challenging measure, namely blood pressure, it emphasised that our current practice of a single blood pressure measurement in clinical practice should be revisited. It further begs the question of when cuffless measurements will be good enough to incorporate in clinical decision-making.","PeriodicalId":16070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Hypertension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41371-024-00932-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141600250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian S. Dal Pont, Audes D. M. Feitosa, Rodrigo Bezerra, Arthur H. B. Martins, Gustavo M. Viana, Siegmar Starke, Guilherme S. A. Azevedo, Marco A. Mota-Gomes, Weimar S. Barroso, Roberto D. Miranda, Eduardo C. D. Barbosa, Andréa A. Brandão, Camila L. D. M. Feitosa, Thales A. T. Gonçalves, Fernando Nobre, Decio Mion Jr, Andrei C. Sposito, Wilson Nadruz
{"title":"Cutoffs for white-coat and masked blood pressure effects: an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring study","authors":"Christian S. Dal Pont, Audes D. M. Feitosa, Rodrigo Bezerra, Arthur H. B. Martins, Gustavo M. Viana, Siegmar Starke, Guilherme S. A. Azevedo, Marco A. Mota-Gomes, Weimar S. Barroso, Roberto D. Miranda, Eduardo C. D. Barbosa, Andréa A. Brandão, Camila L. D. M. Feitosa, Thales A. T. Gonçalves, Fernando Nobre, Decio Mion Jr, Andrei C. Sposito, Wilson Nadruz","doi":"10.1038/s41371-024-00930-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41371-024-00930-5","url":null,"abstract":"The values used to define white-coat and masked blood pressure (BP) effects are usually arbitrary. This study aimed at investigating the accuracy of various cutoffs based on the differences (ΔBP) between office BP (OBP) and 24h-ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) to identify white-coat (WCH) and masked (MH) hypertension, which are phenotypes coupled with adverse prognosis. This cross-sectional study included 11,350 [Derivation cohort; 45% men, mean age = 55.1 ± 14.1 years, OBP = 132.1 ± 17.6/83.9 ± 12.5 mmHg, 24 h-ABPM = 121.6 ± 11.4/76.1 ± 9.6 mmHg, 25% using antihypertensive medications (AH)] and 7220 (Validation cohort; 46% men, mean age = 58.6 ± 15.1 years, OBP = 136.8 ± 18.7/87.6 ± 13.0 mmHg, 24 h-ABPM = 125.5 ± 12.6/77.7 ± 10.3 mmHg; 32% using AH) unique individuals who underwent 24 h-ABPM. We compared the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and area under the curve (AUC) of diverse ΔBP cutoffs to detect WCH (ΔsystolicBP/ΔdiastolicBP = 28/17, 20/15, 20/10, 16/11, 15/9, 14/9 mmHg and ΔsystolicBP = 13 and 10 mmHg) and MH (ΔsystolicBP/ΔdiastolicBP = −14/−9, −5/−2, −3/−1, −1/−1, 0/0, 2/2 mmHg and ΔsystolicBP = −5 and −3mmHg). The 20/15 mmHg cutoff showed the best AUC (0.804, 95%CI = 0.794-0.814) to detect WCH, while the 2/2 mmHg cutoff showed the highest AUC (0.741, 95%CI = 0.728–0.754) to detect MH in the Derivation cohort. Both cutoffs also had the best accuracy to detect WCH (0.767, 95%CI = 0.754–0.780) and MH (0.767, 95%CI = 0.750–0.784) in the Validation cohort. In secondary analyses, these cutoffs had the best accuracy to detect individuals with higher and lower office-than-ABPM grades in both cohorts. In conclusion, the 20/15 and 2/2 mmHg ΔBP cutoffs had the best accuracy to detect hypertensive patients with WCH and MH, respectively, and can serve as indicators of marked white-coat and masked BP effects derived from 24 h-ABPM.","PeriodicalId":16070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Hypertension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41371-024-00930-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141579977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First, a seat; then, an upgrade","authors":"Abilash Sathyanarayanan","doi":"10.1038/s41371-024-00933-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41371-024-00933-2","url":null,"abstract":"The Sir Stanley Peart Essay Competition is an annual event run by the British and Irish Hypertension Society to encourage Early Career Researchers to continue the ethos of Sir Stanley Peart. Sir Stanley Peart was a clinician and clinical researcher who made a major contribution to our understanding of blood pressure regulation. He was the first to demonstrate the release of noradrenaline in response to sympathetic nerve stimulation. He was also the first to purify, and determine the structure of, angiotensin and he later isolated the enzyme, renin, and carried out many important investigations of the factors controlling its release in the body. This year, the essay topic was “Do we need new classes of antihypertensive drugs?”. In his prize-winning essay, \"First, a seat; then, an upgrade\", Dr Sathyanarayanan argues that we do not need new classes of antihypertensive drugs, instead we should focus our attention on addressing the factors that lead to high blood pressure in the first place and use our existing drug classes more effectively.","PeriodicalId":16070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Hypertension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141579978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammad R. Baneshi, Annette Dobson, Gita D. Mishra
{"title":"Correction: Transition between cardiometabolic conditions and body weight among women: which paths increase the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases?","authors":"Mohammad R. Baneshi, Annette Dobson, Gita D. Mishra","doi":"10.1038/s41371-024-00928-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41371-024-00928-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Hypertension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41371-024-00928-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141534554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Spoorthy Kulkarni, Luca Faconti, Sarah Partridge, Christian Delles, Mark Glover, Philip Lewis, Asha Gray, Emma Hodson, Iain Macintyre, Carmen Maniero, Carmel M. McEniery, Manish D. Sinha, Stephen B. Walsh, Ian B. Wilkinson
{"title":"Investigation and management of young-onset hypertension: British and Irish hypertension society position statement","authors":"Spoorthy Kulkarni, Luca Faconti, Sarah Partridge, Christian Delles, Mark Glover, Philip Lewis, Asha Gray, Emma Hodson, Iain Macintyre, Carmen Maniero, Carmel M. McEniery, Manish D. Sinha, Stephen B. Walsh, Ian B. Wilkinson","doi":"10.1038/s41371-024-00922-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41371-024-00922-5","url":null,"abstract":"National and international hypertension guidelines recommend that adults with young-onset hypertension (aged <40 years at diagnosis) are reviewed by a hypertension specialist to exclude secondary causes of hypertension and optimise therapeutic regimens. A recent survey among UK secondary care hypertension specialist physicians highlighted variations in the investigation of such patients. In this position statement, the British and Irish Hypertension Society seek to provide clinicians with a practical approach to the investigation and management of adults with young-onset hypertension. We aim to ensure that individuals receive consistent and high-quality care across the UK and Ireland, to highlight gaps in the current evidence, and to identify important future research questions.","PeriodicalId":16070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Hypertension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11239491/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141468614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exercise time of day and blood pressure: Considering chronotype for precision health","authors":"Steven K. Malin","doi":"10.1038/s41371-024-00929-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41371-024-00929-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Hypertension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11239485/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141468613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Avrum Gillespie, Rui Song, John P. Barile, Lorie Okada, Shari Brown, Kerry Traub, Julia Trout, Gina M. Simoncini, Casey D. Xavier Hall, Yin Tan, Crystal A. Gadegbeku, Grace X. Ma, Frank Y. Wong
{"title":"Discrimination and hypertension among a diverse sample of racial and sexual minority men living with HIV: baseline findings of a longitudinal cohort study","authors":"Avrum Gillespie, Rui Song, John P. Barile, Lorie Okada, Shari Brown, Kerry Traub, Julia Trout, Gina M. Simoncini, Casey D. Xavier Hall, Yin Tan, Crystal A. Gadegbeku, Grace X. Ma, Frank Y. Wong","doi":"10.1038/s41371-024-00919-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41371-024-00919-0","url":null,"abstract":"Racial and sexual orientation discrimination may exacerbate the double epidemic of hypertension (HTN) and HIV that affects men of color who have sex with men (MSM). This was a cross-sectional analysis of African American, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander (NHPI) MSM living with HIV (PLWH) cohort in Honolulu and Philadelphia. Racial and sexual orientation discrimination, stress, anxiety, and depression were measured with computer-assisted self-interview questionnaires (CASI). We examined the associations between racial and sexual orientation discrimination with hypertension measured both in the office and by 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) using multivariable logistic regression. Sixty participants (60% African American, 18% Asian, and 22% NHPI) completed CASIs and 24-h ABPM. African American participants (80%) reported a higher rate of daily racial discrimination than Asian American (36%) and NHPI participants (17%, p < 0.001). Many participants (51%) reported daily sexual orientation discrimination. Sixty-six percent of participants had HTN by office measurement and 59% had HTN by 24-h ABPM measurement. Participants who experienced racial discrimination had greater odds of having office-measured HTN than those who did not, even after adjustment (Odds Ratio 5.0 (95% Confidence Interval [1.2–20.8], p = 0.03)). This association was not seen with 24-h ABPM. Hypertension was not associated with sexual orientation discrimination. In this cohort, MSM of color PLWH experience significant amounts of discrimination and HTN. Those who experienced racial discrimination had higher in-office blood pressure. This difference was not observed in 24-h APBM and future research is necessary to examine the long-term cardiovascular effects.","PeriodicalId":16070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Hypertension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41371-024-00919-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141457338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}