Moderate morning rise in blood pressure has lowest risk of stroke but only in women

Background:The morning period which is recognized as the highest risk for cardiovascular events is associated with a surge in blood pressure (BP). However, it is unclear what aspect of this rise is important.Aim:To determine whether the rate of rise (RoR), the magnitude (day night difference) or the...

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Main Authors: Head, G.A., Sata, Y., Imai, Y., Kikuya, M., Ohkubo, T., Reid, Christopher, McGrath, B.M., Lukoshkova, E.V.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS 2019
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/317826
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93778
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author Head, G.A.
Sata, Y.
Imai, Y.
Kikuya, M.
Ohkubo, T.
Reid, Christopher
McGrath, B.M.
Lukoshkova, E.V.
author_facet Head, G.A.
Sata, Y.
Imai, Y.
Kikuya, M.
Ohkubo, T.
Reid, Christopher
McGrath, B.M.
Lukoshkova, E.V.
author_sort Head, G.A.
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description Background:The morning period which is recognized as the highest risk for cardiovascular events is associated with a surge in blood pressure (BP). However, it is unclear what aspect of this rise is important.Aim:To determine whether the rate of rise (RoR), the magnitude (day night difference) or the product [BP power (BPPower)] is associated with increased cardiovascular risk.Methods:We developed a logistic equation method to fit individual 24-h patterns of BP to determine RoR, amplitude and BPPower using the ambulatory recordings from the Ohasama study including 564 men and 971 women (16.6 years follow-up).Results:Men had a higher risk of cardiovascular events than women (24, 16%, P < 0.001). Age and night BP were strong linear risk predictors. In men sorting risk by quintiles of BPPower (adjusted for age, night BP, smoking status) revealed no clear linear or nonlinear pattern. However, in women BPPower had a U-shaped relationship with the lowest risk being the 2-3rd quintile for all cardiovascular events (Pquadratic = 0.01) including cardiovascular death (Pquadratic = 0.03) and nonfatal stroke (Pquadratic = 0.02). A similar but less clear trend was observed with the RoR but only stroke (infarct) reached significance (Pquadratic = 0.03) while sorting by range showed a U shaped pattern for combined cardiovascular events (Pquadratic = 0.04).Conclusion:These findings suggest that the morning BPPower is an important independent risk factor for predicting cardiovascular events and stroke but only in women with median levels having the lowest risk.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-937782023-12-21T03:15:53Z Moderate morning rise in blood pressure has lowest risk of stroke but only in women Head, G.A. Sata, Y. Imai, Y. Kikuya, M. Ohkubo, T. Reid, Christopher McGrath, B.M. Lukoshkova, E.V. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Peripheral Vascular Disease Cardiovascular System & Cardiology ambulatory blood pressure blood pressure cardiovascular risk circadian rhythm women hypertension logistic equation men stroke DOUBLE-LOGISTIC ANALYSIS PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE SURGE HYPERTENSION SILENT ASSOCIATION ACTIVATION PREDICTION MORTALITY INCREASE Adult Age Factors Aged Blood Pressure Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory Circadian Rhythm Female Humans Hypertension Male Middle Aged Risk Factors Sex Factors Stroke Humans Hypertension Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory Risk Factors Age Factors Sex Factors Circadian Rhythm Blood Pressure Adult Aged Middle Aged Female Male Stroke Background:The morning period which is recognized as the highest risk for cardiovascular events is associated with a surge in blood pressure (BP). However, it is unclear what aspect of this rise is important.Aim:To determine whether the rate of rise (RoR), the magnitude (day night difference) or the product [BP power (BPPower)] is associated with increased cardiovascular risk.Methods:We developed a logistic equation method to fit individual 24-h patterns of BP to determine RoR, amplitude and BPPower using the ambulatory recordings from the Ohasama study including 564 men and 971 women (16.6 years follow-up).Results:Men had a higher risk of cardiovascular events than women (24, 16%, P < 0.001). Age and night BP were strong linear risk predictors. In men sorting risk by quintiles of BPPower (adjusted for age, night BP, smoking status) revealed no clear linear or nonlinear pattern. However, in women BPPower had a U-shaped relationship with the lowest risk being the 2-3rd quintile for all cardiovascular events (Pquadratic = 0.01) including cardiovascular death (Pquadratic = 0.03) and nonfatal stroke (Pquadratic = 0.02). A similar but less clear trend was observed with the RoR but only stroke (infarct) reached significance (Pquadratic = 0.03) while sorting by range showed a U shaped pattern for combined cardiovascular events (Pquadratic = 0.04).Conclusion:These findings suggest that the morning BPPower is an important independent risk factor for predicting cardiovascular events and stroke but only in women with median levels having the lowest risk. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93778 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002027 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/317826 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1049610 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1092642 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1136372 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1117238 LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
ambulatory blood pressure
blood pressure
cardiovascular risk
circadian rhythm
women
hypertension
logistic equation
men
stroke
DOUBLE-LOGISTIC ANALYSIS
PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE
SURGE
HYPERTENSION
SILENT
ASSOCIATION
ACTIVATION
PREDICTION
MORTALITY
INCREASE
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
Circadian Rhythm
Female
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Stroke
Humans
Hypertension
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
Risk Factors
Age Factors
Sex Factors
Circadian Rhythm
Blood Pressure
Adult
Aged
Middle Aged
Female
Male
Stroke
Head, G.A.
Sata, Y.
Imai, Y.
Kikuya, M.
Ohkubo, T.
Reid, Christopher
McGrath, B.M.
Lukoshkova, E.V.
Moderate morning rise in blood pressure has lowest risk of stroke but only in women
title Moderate morning rise in blood pressure has lowest risk of stroke but only in women
title_full Moderate morning rise in blood pressure has lowest risk of stroke but only in women
title_fullStr Moderate morning rise in blood pressure has lowest risk of stroke but only in women
title_full_unstemmed Moderate morning rise in blood pressure has lowest risk of stroke but only in women
title_short Moderate morning rise in blood pressure has lowest risk of stroke but only in women
title_sort moderate morning rise in blood pressure has lowest risk of stroke but only in women
topic Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
ambulatory blood pressure
blood pressure
cardiovascular risk
circadian rhythm
women
hypertension
logistic equation
men
stroke
DOUBLE-LOGISTIC ANALYSIS
PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE
SURGE
HYPERTENSION
SILENT
ASSOCIATION
ACTIVATION
PREDICTION
MORTALITY
INCREASE
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
Circadian Rhythm
Female
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Stroke
Humans
Hypertension
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
Risk Factors
Age Factors
Sex Factors
Circadian Rhythm
Blood Pressure
Adult
Aged
Middle Aged
Female
Male
Stroke
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/317826
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/317826
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/317826
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/317826
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/317826
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93778