Associations of Apelin, Visfatin, and Urinary 8-Isoprostane With Severe Hypertension in African Americans: The MH-GRID Study

BACKGROUND Apelin is an adipokine directly associated with adiposity, insulin resistance, and decreased blood pressure. Urinary 8-isoprostane is a marker of chronic oxidative endothelial stress. Visfatin, an adipokine that acts by binding and activating the insulin receptor, has been associated with...

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Published in:American journal of hypertension 2016-07, Vol.29 (7), p.814-820
Main Authors: Horbal, Steven R., Seffens, William, Davis, Adam R., Silvestrov, Natalia, Gibbons, Gary H., Quarells, Rakale C., Bidulescu, Aurelian
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adult
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Apelin - blood
Biomarkers - blood
Biomarkers - urine
Case-Control Studies
Dinoprost - analogs & derivatives
Dinoprost - urine
Female
Humans
Hypertension - blood
Hypertension - urine
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase - blood
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Summary:BACKGROUND Apelin is an adipokine directly associated with adiposity, insulin resistance, and decreased blood pressure. Urinary 8-isoprostane is a marker of chronic oxidative endothelial stress. Visfatin, an adipokine that acts by binding and activating the insulin receptor, has been associated with hypertension. As severe hypertension (SH) is highly prevalent among African Americans (AA), we aimed to assess the association of these biomarkers with SH status. METHODS A sample of 250 AA participants (134 normotensive controls and 116 with SH (including 98 treatment controlled, SCH: severe controlled hypertension, and 18 treatment resistant, SRH: severe resistant hypertension)) from the Minority Health Genomics and Translational Research Bio-Repository Database (MH-GRID) in metro Atlanta had blood analyzed for apelin and visfatin and urine for 8-isoprostane. T-tests, sex-specific age-adjusted correlation coefficients, and multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess the association of biomarkers with hypertensive status. RESULTS Levels of apelin and 8-isoprostane were not statistically different between controls and SCH or SRH. Statistically significant differences were present in levels of visfatin between controls (1.03±0.84 pg/ml), SCH (1.34±1.14 pg/ml), and SRH (1.59±0.85 pg/ml). After multivariable adjustment, categorization in the middle 2 quartiles of urinary 8-isoprostane were associated with SH. In similar models, categorization into the highest quartile of visfatin was associated with SH (odds ratio = 2.80; 95% confidence interval: 1.02–7.02). A continuous association of visfatin with SH was present. CONCLUSION In our community sample of AA, there were increased odds of SH with increased levels of urinary 8-isoprostane and visfatin, but not with apelin.
ISSN:0895-7061
1941-7225
DOI:10.1093/ajh/hpw007