Blood PressurePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2024.2421214
E Lurbe, G Mancia, D Drozdz, S Erdine, F Fernandez-Aranda, M Litwin, M D Sinha, G Simonetti, S Stabouli, E Wühl
{"title":"HyperChildNET COST Action CA19115: report of the task force.","authors":"E Lurbe, G Mancia, D Drozdz, S Erdine, F Fernandez-Aranda, M Litwin, M D Sinha, G Simonetti, S Stabouli, E Wühl","doi":"10.1080/08037051.2024.2421214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2024.2421214","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose:</b> Despite dramatic medical advances over the last few decades, cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death globally. High BP is clearly established, but modifiable, risk factor for early disability and death. Although most of the adverse outcomes occur in adulthood it has become clear that high BP is a life course problem that can become evident in early life however, relatively little attention has been paid to the problem of high BP in children and adolescents. <b>Materials and methods:</b> Being aware of the problem and the needs, the Task Force of the ESH Guidelines in children and adolescents took the initiative to move forward in the field, identifying the COST Action program. A proposal, HyperChildNET, was submitted, approved and funded for 4 years starting in October 2020. <b>Results:</b> The aim of the Action has been to establish a European sustainable and multidisciplinary network of researchers, clinicians, early career investigators, health economists, decision-makers, regulatory bodies, and medical devices manufacturers under the umbrella of the European Commission in order to acquire a holistic understanding of those factors affecting high BP in children and adolescents in order to propose and implement preventive and corrective actions. All the activities carried out during the 4 years are described. <b>Conclusions:</b> HyperChildNET offers a European perspective of the issue giving us the opportunity to develop new strategies and objectives moving forward in the field.</p>","PeriodicalId":9000,"journal":{"name":"Blood Pressure","volume":"33 1","pages":"2421214"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142557100","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}
Blood PressurePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2024.2390774
Pantelis Sarafidis, Kostas Tsioufis, Michel Burnier, Bryan Williams, Giuseppe Mancia, Thomas Weber, George S Stergiou
{"title":"In remembrance: the life and legacy of George L. Bakris (1952-2024).","authors":"Pantelis Sarafidis, Kostas Tsioufis, Michel Burnier, Bryan Williams, Giuseppe Mancia, Thomas Weber, George S Stergiou","doi":"10.1080/08037051.2024.2390774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2024.2390774","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>George L. Bakris passed away on 15 June 2024 at the age of 72 years. This obituary aims at honouring his life and career by describing the stages in his personal and professional pathway, presenting some of his many remarkable accomplishments, and highlighting his exceptional clinical skills, mentorship, and friendship.</p>","PeriodicalId":9000,"journal":{"name":"Blood Pressure","volume":"33 1","pages":"2390774"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142003518","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}
Blood PressurePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-07-09DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2024.2377157
José Mesquita Bastos
{"title":"The GP study in non-controlled hypertensive patients, de adhesion and dose therapeutics matters?","authors":"José Mesquita Bastos","doi":"10.1080/08037051.2024.2377157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2024.2377157","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9000,"journal":{"name":"Blood Pressure","volume":"33 1","pages":"2377157"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141557971","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}
Blood PressurePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-08-05DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2024.2387909
Caitlin Greenlees, Sara Hosseinzadeh, Christian Delles, Eilidh McGinnigle
{"title":"Hypertension evaluation and management in new young patients: are we doing our female patients a disservice?","authors":"Caitlin Greenlees, Sara Hosseinzadeh, Christian Delles, Eilidh McGinnigle","doi":"10.1080/08037051.2024.2387909","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08037051.2024.2387909","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death in women, largely underpinned by hypertension. Current guidelines recommend first-line therapy with a RAAS-blocking agent especially in young people. There are well documented sex disparities in CVD outcomes and management. We evaluate the management of patients with newly diagnosed hypertension in a tertiary care clinic to assess male-female differences in investigation and treatment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Clinic letters of all new patients under the age of 51 attending the Glasgow Blood Pressure Clinic between January and December 2023 were reviewed. The primary outcomes measured were first-line treatment choices, deviations from guideline-recommended treatment, investigations for secondary hypertension, and documentation of female-specific risk factors and family planning advice. Secondary outcomes included clinical characteristics such as systolic and diastolic blood pressure at referral and at the new patient appointment, age at diagnosis, age at first appointment, and the number of antihypertensive drugs prescribed at referral.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred and five (59:46, M:F) new patient encounters were reviewed after sixteen exclusions for non-attendance and inappropriate clinic coding. Choice of first line antihypertensive agent did not vary between sexes with no deviation from guideline-recommended medical therapy. Men, however, had more biochemical investigations conducted for secondary causes across all ages. This was greatest in those under 40 years old. There was suboptimal documentation of female-specific risk factors (obstetric and gynaecological history), contraceptive drug history and family planning with 35%, 20%, and 15.6%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In 2023, women under 51 years of age seen in a tertiary care hypertension clinic received similar first-line treatment to their male peers. However, relevant female-specific histories were suboptimally documented for these patients. Whilst therapeutic approaches in men and women appear to be similar in this clinic, there are opportunities to improve CVD prevention in women, even in a specialised clinic setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":9000,"journal":{"name":"Blood Pressure","volume":"33 1","pages":"2387909"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141892744","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}
Blood PressurePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-06-23DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2024.2368800
Jean-Michel Halimi, Pantelis Sarafidis, Michel Azizi, Grzegorz Bilo, Thilo Burkard, Michael Bursztyn, Miguel Camafort, Neil Chapman, Santina Cottone, Tine de Backer, Jaap Deinum, Philippe Delmotte, Maria Dorobantu, Michalis Doumas, Rainer Dusing, Béatrice Duly-Bouhanick, Jean-Pierre Fauvel, Pierre Fesler, Zbigniew Gaciong, Eugenia Gkaliagkousi, Daniel Gordin, Guido Grassi, Charalampos Grassos, Dominique Guerrot, Justine Huart, Raffaele Izzo, Fernando Jaén Águila, Zoltán Járai, Thomas Kahan, Ilkka Kantola, Eva Kociánová, FlorianP Limbourg, Marilucy Lopez-Sublet, Francesca Mallamaci, Athanasios Manolis, Maria Marketou, Gert Mayer, Alberto Mazza, IainM MacIntyre, Jean-Jacques Mourad, Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Edgar Nasr, Peter Nilsson, Anna Oliveras, Olivier Ormezzano, Vitor Paixão-Dias, Ioannis Papadakis, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Sabine Perl, Jorge Polónia, Roberto Pontremoli, Giacomo Pucci, Nicolás Roberto Robles, Sébastien Rubin, Luis Miguel Ruilope, Lars Christian Rump, Sahrai Saeed, Elias Sanidas, Riccardo Sarzani, Roland Schmieder, François Silhol, Sekib Sokolovic, Marit Solbu, Miroslav Soucek, George Stergiou, Isabella Sudano, Ramzi Tabbalat, Istemihan Tengiz, Helen Triantafyllidi, Konstontinos Tsioufis, Jan Václavík, Markus van der Giet, Patricia Van der Niepen, Franco Veglio, RetoM Venzin, Margus Viigimaa, Thomas Weber, Jiri Widimsky, Gregoire Wuerzner, Parounak Zelveian, Pantelis Zebekakis, Stephan Lueders, Alexandre Persu, Reinhold Kreutz, Liffert Vogt
{"title":"Management of patients with hypertension and chronic kidney disease referred to Hypertension Excellence Centres among 27 countries. On behalf of the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Hypertension and the Kidney.","authors":"Jean-Michel Halimi, Pantelis Sarafidis, Michel Azizi, Grzegorz Bilo, Thilo Burkard, Michael Bursztyn, Miguel Camafort, Neil Chapman, Santina Cottone, Tine de Backer, Jaap Deinum, Philippe Delmotte, Maria Dorobantu, Michalis Doumas, Rainer Dusing, Béatrice Duly-Bouhanick, Jean-Pierre Fauvel, Pierre Fesler, Zbigniew Gaciong, Eugenia Gkaliagkousi, Daniel Gordin, Guido Grassi, Charalampos Grassos, Dominique Guerrot, Justine Huart, Raffaele Izzo, Fernando Jaén Águila, Zoltán Járai, Thomas Kahan, Ilkka Kantola, Eva Kociánová, FlorianP Limbourg, Marilucy Lopez-Sublet, Francesca Mallamaci, Athanasios Manolis, Maria Marketou, Gert Mayer, Alberto Mazza, IainM MacIntyre, Jean-Jacques Mourad, Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Edgar Nasr, Peter Nilsson, Anna Oliveras, Olivier Ormezzano, Vitor Paixão-Dias, Ioannis Papadakis, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Sabine Perl, Jorge Polónia, Roberto Pontremoli, Giacomo Pucci, Nicolás Roberto Robles, Sébastien Rubin, Luis Miguel Ruilope, Lars Christian Rump, Sahrai Saeed, Elias Sanidas, Riccardo Sarzani, Roland Schmieder, François Silhol, Sekib Sokolovic, Marit Solbu, Miroslav Soucek, George Stergiou, Isabella Sudano, Ramzi Tabbalat, Istemihan Tengiz, Helen Triantafyllidi, Konstontinos Tsioufis, Jan Václavík, Markus van der Giet, Patricia Van der Niepen, Franco Veglio, RetoM Venzin, Margus Viigimaa, Thomas Weber, Jiri Widimsky, Gregoire Wuerzner, Parounak Zelveian, Pantelis Zebekakis, Stephan Lueders, Alexandre Persu, Reinhold Kreutz, Liffert Vogt","doi":"10.1080/08037051.2024.2368800","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08037051.2024.2368800","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Objective Real-life management of patients with hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD) among European Society of Hypertension Excellence Centres (ESH-ECs) is unclear : we aimed to investigate it. Methods A survey was conducted in 2023. The questionnaire contained 64 questions asking ESH-ECs representatives to estimate how patients with CKD are managed. Results Overall, 88 ESH-ECS representatives from 27 countries participated. According to the responders, renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blockers, calcium-channel blockers and thiazides were often added when these medications were lacking in CKD patients, but physicians were more prone to initiate RAS blockers (90% [interquartile range: 70-95%]) than MRA (20% [10-30%]), SGLT2i (30% [20-50%]) or (GLP1-RA (10% [5-15%]). Despite treatment optimisation, 30% of responders indicated that hypertension remained uncontrolled (30% (15-40%) vs 18% [10%-25%]) in CKD and CKD patients, respectively). Hyperkalemia was the most frequent barrier to initiate RAS blockers, and dosage reduction was considered in 45% of responders when kalaemia was 5.5-5.9 mmol/L. Conclusions RAS blockers are initiated in most ESH-ECS in CKD patients, but MRA and SGLT2i initiations are less frequent. Hyperkalemia was the main barrier for initiation or adequate dosing of RAS blockade, and RAS blockers' dosage reduction was the usual management.</p>","PeriodicalId":9000,"journal":{"name":"Blood Pressure","volume":"33 1","pages":"2368800"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141442121","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}
Blood PressurePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2024.2371863
Bojan Jelaković, Ivan Pećin, Valerija Bralić Lang, Marijana Braš, Krunoslav Capak, Ana Jelaković, Verica Kralj, Davor Miličić, Ana Soldo, Marija Bubaš
{"title":"Improving blood pressure and dyslipidemia control by increasing health literacy in Croatia-missions 70/26 & Do you know what is your number.","authors":"Bojan Jelaković, Ivan Pećin, Valerija Bralić Lang, Marijana Braš, Krunoslav Capak, Ana Jelaković, Verica Kralj, Davor Miličić, Ana Soldo, Marija Bubaš","doi":"10.1080/08037051.2024.2371863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2024.2371863","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>In 2022 hypertensive disease was the second cause of death in Croatia. The crude prevalence of hypertension is increasing and still majority of hypertensive patients did not reach blood pressure and cholesterol goals Low awareness, and small number of treated and controlled patients point on poor adherence and even worse clinical inertia.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Croatian Hypertension League (CHL) has started the permanent public health action <i>Hunting the Silent Killer</i> aiming to increase health literacy. In 2023 we decided to intensify program with two missions - '<i>70/26',</i> and <i>'Do you know what is your number?'</i> aiming to achieve target values in 70% and in 50% of patients treated for hypertension and dyslipidaemia, respectively, by 2026. For the health care workers, the program will primarily involve digital education, and <i>'School of Communication in Hypertension'.</i> In the second arm of the program, we will advise patients and general population to visit our educational website with important and useful information on how to improve bad lifestyle, how to proper measure blood pressure, why is it important to sustain in taking drugs etc. In 2026, the CHL will organise field research to assess the success of programs using the same methodology as we used in previous EH-UH studies.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We will monitor and analyse trends in the management and control of patients treated for hypertension and dyslipidaemia. This will enable us to make an evidence-based conclusion how successful we were in increasing health literacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":9000,"journal":{"name":"Blood Pressure","volume":"33 1","pages":"2371863"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141466002","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}
Blood PressurePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-10-11DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2024.2411294
Kleo Evripidou, Julio Alvarez-Pitti, Ana De Blas-Zapata, Athanasia Chainoglou, Ioannis Goulas, Karel Herberigs, Gilad Hamdani, Stella Stabouli
{"title":"Office BP measurement using conical cuffs in children and adolescents with obesity.","authors":"Kleo Evripidou, Julio Alvarez-Pitti, Ana De Blas-Zapata, Athanasia Chainoglou, Ioannis Goulas, Karel Herberigs, Gilad Hamdani, Stella Stabouli","doi":"10.1080/08037051.2024.2411294","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08037051.2024.2411294","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Findings from adult studies suggest that tronco-conical cuffs provide more accurate blood pressure (BP) measurements in individuals with obesity. The aim of the present study was to examine differences in office blood pressure (BP) levels using conical cuffs compared to standard-shaped cylindrical cuffs in children and adolescents with obesity.</p><p><strong>Design and method: </strong>We performed an observational study, including 37 children and adolescents with obesity, who were consequently recruited from the outpatient clinics of the Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Unit at General University Hospital Consortium of Valencia. Arm circumference AC was measured in all participants, and the appropriate cuff size was selected for both conical and cylindrical cuffs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean participants' age was 11.8<math><mrow><mo>±</mo></mrow></math>2.5 years, mean BMI was 28.8<math><mrow><mo>±</mo></mrow></math>3.4 kg/m<sup>2</sup>, mean BMI z-score was 2.12<math><mrow><mo>±</mo></mrow></math>0.32, and mean AC was 30.0<math><mrow><mo>±</mo></mrow></math>3.6 cm. There was no statistical significance in BP levels measured by cylindrical compared to conical cuffs (mean difference cylindrical-conical cuff was -0.22<math><mrow><mo>±</mo></mrow></math>6.55 mmHg for SBP, -0.02<math><mrow><mo>±</mo></mrow></math>0.81 for SBP z-score, -0.70<math><mrow><mo>±</mo></mrow></math>4.95 mmHg for DBP, and -0.06<math><mrow><mo>±</mo></mrow></math>0.44 for DBP z-score). A significant positive association was found between the measurements obtained by cylindrical and conical cuffs in both mean and z-score SBP and DBP values (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Bland-Altman analysis showed good agreement, with 94.6% of the values for all BP parameters lying between the limits of agreement.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although the use of conical cuffs in the study showed no advantage in enhancing the performance of BP measurements, they may be considered an alternative for office BP measurements in children and adolescents with obesity. Their reliability should be confirmed in larger populations and different settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":9000,"journal":{"name":"Blood Pressure","volume":"33 1","pages":"2411294"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142399254","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}
Blood PressurePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-09DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2024.2424824
Lina Naseralallah, Somaya Koraysh
{"title":"Aprocitentan: a new emerging prospect in the pharmacotherapy of hypertension.","authors":"Lina Naseralallah, Somaya Koraysh","doi":"10.1080/08037051.2024.2424824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2024.2424824","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Resistant hypertension (RH) is linked to higher risks of cardiovascular events and there remains an unmet therapeutic need driven by pathophysiologic pathways unaddressed by guideline-recommended therapy. Whilst spironolactone is considered the preferred fourth-line therapy, its broad application is limited by its safety profile. Aprocitentan is a novel dual endothelin (ET) A and B receptors antagonist that has been recently approved by the FDA.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This review aims to summarise the available evidence on the discovery, pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, efficacy, and safety of aprocitentan in the pharmacotherapy of RH.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We searched PubMed, Embase, and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts to identify relevant papers on aprocitentan use. Clinical trial registries were also searched.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Aprocitentan targets the ET pathway which remains unopposed by contemporary alternative therapies for RH. It differs from other ET receptor antagonists in its pharmacological profile, as it is eliminated independently of CYP450 or BCRP, making it less likely to cause drug-drug interactions. Current evidence demonstrates that compared to placebo, aprocitentan significantly reduces blood pressure (BP) as measured <i>via</i> unattended automated office BP and 24-hour ambulatory BP. The most frequently reported adverse effects were fluid retention/edema and anaemia.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Aprocitentan is a novel therapy for the management of RH that significantly reduces BP when compared to placebo. It delivers exciting prospects for future therapeutic options in the setting of RH and expands insights into its pathophysiology. However there is lack of data in relation to broader cardiovascular and renal protection, as well as its long-term safety profile.</p>","PeriodicalId":9000,"journal":{"name":"Blood Pressure","volume":"33 1","pages":"2424824"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613974","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}
Blood PressurePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-08DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2024.2424825
Madeleine Johansson, Carl Johan Östgren, Peter M Nilsson, Jan Engvall, Gunnar Engström
{"title":"Sleeping habits and aortic stiffness in middle-aged men and women from the general population: insights from the SCAPIS study.","authors":"Madeleine Johansson, Carl Johan Östgren, Peter M Nilsson, Jan Engvall, Gunnar Engström","doi":"10.1080/08037051.2024.2424825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2024.2424825","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The relationship between sleeping habits and aortic stiffness remains inconclusive and is not fully explored in the European general population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We examined cross-sectionally 8659 participants from the Swedish population-based cohort Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS), mean age 57.5 years, 52.1% women. A self-administered questionnaire on sleeping habits (duration, quality, insomnia, and daytime sleepiness) was administered. Aortic stiffness was examined by the gold-standard method, carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (c-f PWV) using Sphygmocor<sup>®</sup> XCEL, continuously and stratified by cut-off of >10 m/s. Multivariable linear and logistic regression were performed stratified by sex.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 8659 subjects (mean c-f PWV of 9.4 ± 1.9 m/s), 32.3% had c-f PWV >10 m/s, defined as aortic stiffness. Compared with subjects with c-f PWV ≤10 m/s, individuals with aortic stiffness reported more insomnia (<i>p</i> = 0.01) but less daytime sleepiness (<i>p</i> = 0.008). Men and women with poor sleep quality had 0.2 m/s lower mean c-f PWV compared with subjects with good sleep quality (<i>p</i> = 0.004). No difference in mean PWV was found in men and women with shorter/longer sleep duration (<i>p</i> > 0.05). In the multivariable regression models, no significant association was found between poor sleep quality, shorter (≤6 h) or longer (≥9 h) sleep duration and aortic stiffness in the total population, neither among men nor women (all <i>p</i> > 0.05), independently of cardiovascular risk factors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Short and long sleep duration and poor sleep quality are not associated with aortic stiffness, measured with the gold-standard method c-f-PWV, in middle-aged men and women from the Swedish general population, independently of cardiovascular risk factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":9000,"journal":{"name":"Blood Pressure","volume":"33 1","pages":"2424825"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142603028","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}
Blood PressurePub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-01-22DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2023.2296904
Wenzile S Mthethwa, Zuqaqambe M Mampofu, Madigoahle A Mokwena, Nthai E Ramoshaba
{"title":"The relationship between mid-upper arm circumference and blood pressure in Walter Sisulu University community.","authors":"Wenzile S Mthethwa, Zuqaqambe M Mampofu, Madigoahle A Mokwena, Nthai E Ramoshaba","doi":"10.1080/08037051.2023.2296904","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08037051.2023.2296904","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prevalence of hypertension is increasing to higher levels in South Africa. Anthropometric measures for obesity are well known to predict the development of hypertension. However, the relationship between mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and blood pressure (BP) is scant in South African communities such as universities. Therefore, this study was aimed at investigating the correlation between MUAC and BP among the community of Walter Sisulu University (WSU). A total of 230 participants from WSU (students and staff members), 113 females and 117 males aged ≥ 18 years participated in this cross-sectional study. MUAC, systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) were measured using standard procedures. In a Pearson's correlation analysis, MUAC was positively correlated with SBP and DBP in both women (SBP; r = 0.53, P< 0.001; DBP; r = 0.45 P < 0.001) and men (SBP; r = 0.29 P = 0.001; DBP; r = 0.25 P = 0.007). Furthermore, in the multivariable-adjusted regression analysis, MUAC was positively associated with SBP in women only (adjusted R<sup>2</sup> = 0.489, β = 0.29 (95% CI = 0.16; 2.08)), P =0.023) after adjusted for age, body fat percentage, waist-to-height ratio, smoking and alcohol. MUAC is positively correlated with BP in women, not in men of WSU community. MUAC, as a simple and low-cost quantifiable parameter, could be employed as a risk indicator in the early detection and prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in women.</p>","PeriodicalId":9000,"journal":{"name":"Blood Pressure","volume":"33 1","pages":"2296904"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139519649","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}