Gender specific profiles of white coat and masked hypertension impacts on arterial structure and function in the SardiNIA study

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

卷:217

Article

Morrell, Christopher H.^1,5  Orru, Marco^2,6  AlGhatrif, Majid¹  Saba, Pier Sergio³  Terracciano, Antonio⁴  Ferreli, Liana Anna Pina²  Loi, Francesco²  Marongiu, Michele²  Pilia, Maria Grazia²  Delitala, Alessandro²  Tarasov, Kirill V.¹  Schlessinger, David¹  Ganau, Antonello³  Cucca, Francesco²  Lakatta, Edward G.¹ 

[1] NIA, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224 USA

[2] Cittadella Univ Monserrato, Ist Ric Genet & Biomed, CNR, Cagliari, Italy

[3] Univ Sassari, I-07100 Sassari, Italy

[4] Florida State Univ, Coll Med, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA

[5] Loyola Univ Maryland, Baltimore, MD USA

[6] Presidio Osped A Businco, Unita Operat Complessa Cardiol, Cagliari, Italy

关键词: Arterial stiffness;    Pulse wave velocity;    Carotid thickness;    Arterial aging;    Masked hypertension;    White coat hypertension;    24 hour blood pressure monitoring;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.04.172

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Background: There is no definite consensus on the CV burden associated to Masked hypertension (MH) or White Coat Hypertension (WCH) - conditions that can be detected by out-of-office blood pressure measurements (24 hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring, 24 h ABPM). Methods: We investigated the association of WCH and MH with arterial aging, indexed by a range of parameters of large artery structure and function in 2962 subjects, taking no antihypertensive medications, who are participating in a large community-based population of both men and women over a broad age range (14-102 years). Results: The overall prevalence of WCH was 9.5% and was 5.0% for MH, with 54.9% of subjects classified as true normotensive and 30.6% as true hypertensive. Both WCH and MH were associated with a stiffer aorta, a less distensible and thicker common carotid artery, and greater central BP than true normotensive subjects. Notably, the profile of arterial alterations in WCH and MH did not significantly differ from what was observed in true hypertensive subjects. The arterial changes accompanying WCH and MH differed in men and women, with women showing a greater tendency towards concentric remodeling, greater parietal wall stress, and PWV than men. Conclusion: Both WCH, and MH are associated with early arterial aging, and therefore, neither can be regarded as innocent conditions. Future studies are required to establish whether measurement of arterial aging parameters in subjects with WCH or MH will identify subjects at higher risk of CV events and cognitive impairment, who may require more clinical attention and pharmacological intervention. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.

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