TY - JOUR
T1 - Arterial stiffness and pulse-pressure amplification in overweight/obese African-American Adolescents
T2 - Relation with higher systolic and pulse pressure
AU - Pierce, Gary L.
AU - Zhu, Haidong
AU - Darracott, Katherine
AU - Edet, Itoro
AU - Bhagatwala, Jigar
AU - Huang, Ying
AU - Dong, Yanbin
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the subjects who participated in this study. This study was supported by a GHSU Child Health Discovery Institute grant to G.L.P. and National Institutes of Health grant R01 HL077230-02 to Y.D.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Background Obesity is associated with a higher systolic blood pressure (BP) and pulse pressure (PP) in African-American youths, increasing their risk for developing hypertension. However, it is unknown whether arterial stiffness and wave reflection are associated with a higher systolic BP and PP or with smaller PP amplification in overweight/obese (OW/OB) African-American adolescents. Methods We measured carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (CF-PWV), carotid-radial PWV (CR-PWV), the augmentation index (AIx) adjusted to a heart rate of 75 bpm (AI75), the augmentation pressure (AugP), PP amplification, and body composition in 227 healthy African-American adolescents (age, 16.9±0.2 years; 54% male). Results Adolescents who were OW/OB (n = 86, body mass index (BMI) ≥ 85th percentile) demonstrated 5%-6%, 13%-16%, and 2.5% higher aortic and brachial systolic BP, brachial and aortic PP, and mean arterial pressure (MAP), respectively (all P < 0.05), than adolescents of normal-weight (NW, n = 141, BMI < 85th percentile). The OW/OB adolescents had a 7% higher CF-PWV, 5% lower CR-PWV, and 3.5% lower PP amplification than the NW group (all P < 0.05), but no differences in AI75 or AugP. In the entire cohort after adjustment for age, sex, heart rate, height, and MAP, CF-PWV was positively correlated, and CR-PWV and PP amplification were negatively correlated, with total and abdominal/hip adiposity. Additionally, CF-PWV, AI75, and AugP were positively correlated with MAP and negatively correlated with PP amplification. CR-PWV, AI75, and AugP were negatively correlated with brachial and aortic PP. Conclusion s Higher aortic stiffness is associated with smaller PP amplification with increasing adiposity in African-American adolescents. Whether a reduction in PP amplification predicts increased CVD risk in obese African-American adolescents requires further study.
AB - Background Obesity is associated with a higher systolic blood pressure (BP) and pulse pressure (PP) in African-American youths, increasing their risk for developing hypertension. However, it is unknown whether arterial stiffness and wave reflection are associated with a higher systolic BP and PP or with smaller PP amplification in overweight/obese (OW/OB) African-American adolescents. Methods We measured carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (CF-PWV), carotid-radial PWV (CR-PWV), the augmentation index (AIx) adjusted to a heart rate of 75 bpm (AI75), the augmentation pressure (AugP), PP amplification, and body composition in 227 healthy African-American adolescents (age, 16.9±0.2 years; 54% male). Results Adolescents who were OW/OB (n = 86, body mass index (BMI) ≥ 85th percentile) demonstrated 5%-6%, 13%-16%, and 2.5% higher aortic and brachial systolic BP, brachial and aortic PP, and mean arterial pressure (MAP), respectively (all P < 0.05), than adolescents of normal-weight (NW, n = 141, BMI < 85th percentile). The OW/OB adolescents had a 7% higher CF-PWV, 5% lower CR-PWV, and 3.5% lower PP amplification than the NW group (all P < 0.05), but no differences in AI75 or AugP. In the entire cohort after adjustment for age, sex, heart rate, height, and MAP, CF-PWV was positively correlated, and CR-PWV and PP amplification were negatively correlated, with total and abdominal/hip adiposity. Additionally, CF-PWV, AI75, and AugP were positively correlated with MAP and negatively correlated with PP amplification. CR-PWV, AI75, and AugP were negatively correlated with brachial and aortic PP. Conclusion s Higher aortic stiffness is associated with smaller PP amplification with increasing adiposity in African-American adolescents. Whether a reduction in PP amplification predicts increased CVD risk in obese African-American adolescents requires further study.
KW - aortic stiffness
KW - augmentation index
KW - blood pressure
KW - hypertension
KW - obesity
KW - pediatric hypertension
KW - pulse wave velocity
KW - wave reflection
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U2 - 10.1093/ajh/hps014
DO - 10.1093/ajh/hps014
M3 - Article
C2 - 23382323
AN - SCOPUS:84876547139
SN - 0895-7061
VL - 26
SP - 20
EP - 26
JO - American journal of hypertension
JF - American journal of hypertension
IS - 1
ER -