Analysis of Factors that Affect Short-Term Blood Pressure Variability in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure

Recent reports suggest the relationship of short-term blood pressure (BP) variability to cardiovascular target organ damage. In this study, short-term BP variability was assessed as the standard deviation of daytime and nighttime BP in 36 hospitalized patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) who un...

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Published in:Clinical and experimental hypertension (1993) 2005, Vol.27 (2-3), p.139-147
Main Authors: Sakai, Masashi, Tamura, Kouichi, Tanaka, Yutaka, Tsurumi, Yuko, Okano, Yasuko, Koide, Yuichi, Endoh, Teruhiko, Matsushita, Kei, Kihara, Minoru, Hirawa, Nobuhito, Toya, Yoshiyuki, Tokita, Yasuo, Ohnishi, Toshimasa, Umemura, Satoshi
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Language:English
Subjects:
Body mass index
Cholesterol
Chronic renal failure
Ischemic heart disease
Norepinephrine
Short-term blood pressure variability
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Summary:Recent reports suggest the relationship of short-term blood pressure (BP) variability to cardiovascular target organ damage. In this study, short-term BP variability was assessed as the standard deviation of daytime and nighttime BP in 36 hospitalized patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) who underwent ambulatory BP monitoring. Positive correlations were observed between body mass index (BMI) and daytime systolic and diastolic BP variability, BMI and nighttime diastolic BP variability, cholesterol and daytime systolic BP variability, cholesterol and nighttime systolic and diastolic BP variability, nocturnal decline in BP and nighttime diastolic BP variability, and plasma concentration of norepinephrine (p-NE) and nighttime systolic BP variability. In multivariate linear regression analyses, BMI showed the strongest association with daytime and nighttime diastolic BP variability (p < .005 and p < .05). On the other hand, cholesterol and p-NE were the primary determinants of daytime and nighttime systolic BP variability, respectively (p < .01 and p < .0005). Interestingly, CRF patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) had significantly increased daytime systolic and diastolic BP variability and nighttime systolic BP variability (p < .05 or less). Furthermore, logistic regression analysis demonstrated that nighttime systolic BP variability was an independent risk factor of IHD in patients with CRF (odds ratio 1.50 [95% confidence interval 1.01 to 2.25]; p < .05). Taken together, short-term BP variability is suggested to be affected by BMI, cholesterol, and p-NE in CRF patients. Furthermore, sympathetic nerve overactivitymay be involved in cardiovascular complications in CRF patients through the increase in nighttime systolic BP variability.
ISSN:1064-1963
1525-6006
DOI:10.1081/CEH-48738