Abstract P3010: Longitudinal Associations of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease With the Progressions of Arterial Stiffness and Pressure Wave Reflection, and Their Independencies in Healthy Men

Importance: While increased arterial stiffness and augmented pressure wave reflection are thought to be key factors in the development of systolic/diastolic hypertension (SDHT) or isolated systolic hypertension (ISHT) via the elevation of systolic blood pressure, their associations with the development of isolated diastolic hypertension (IDHT) have not been clarified. Objective: To examine the significance of augmented pressure wave reflection in the absence of accompanying increase of the arterial stiffness in the development of IDHT. Design and Setting: The prospective observational study conducted in the employees of a Japanese construction company at its health care center from year 2007 through year 2015 with a mean follow-up of 6.4 years, respectively. Participants: A total of 3022 Japanese male employees without hypertension at the start of this study. Main Outcomes and Measures: The annual assessment of prevalence of any phenotypes of hypertension. The blood pressure, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), and radial augmentation index (rAI) were measured annually during the study period. Results: At the end of the study period, 129 subjects were diagnosed as having SDHT, 112 as having ISHT, and 74 as having IDHT. Both the baPWV and rAI showed significant individual odds ratios for new onset of SDHT and new onset of ISHT. However, only rAI, but not the brachial-ankle PWV, showed a significant odds ratio (1.44, P<0.01) for new onset of IDHT. This association was significant in subjects without elevated baPWV values at the start of the study (i.e., baPWV < 1224 cm/sec), but not in those with elevated brachial-ankle PWV at the start of the study. Generalized estimating equation analyses demonstrated a significant longitudinal association of the rAI, but not baPWV, with the prevalence of IDHT (estimate = 0.02, P=0.02). Conclusions: While increased arterial stiffness and augmented pressure wave reflection present concomitantly may be associated with the development of SDHT and ISHT, augmented pressure wave reflection alone, which may be related to isolated peripheral vascular damage, in the absence of accompanying increase of the arterial stiffness, may be a significant factor in the development of IDHT.

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Adipocytokine and ghrelin levels in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors in women at midlife: longitudinal associations

International Journal of Obesity ◽

10.1038/sj.ijo.0803782 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 32 (5) ◽

pp. 740-748 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

R P Wildman ◽

P Mancuso ◽

C Wang ◽

M Kim ◽

P E Scherer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Disease Risk ◽

Cardiovascular Disease Risk ◽

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors ◽

Longitudinal Associations

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Progressive Resistance Training Without Volume Increases Does Not Alter Arterial Stiffness and Aortic Wave Reflection

Experimental Biology and Medicine ◽

10.3181/0703-rm-65 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 232 (9) ◽

pp. 1228-1235 ◽

Cited By ~ 64

Author(s):

Darren P. Casey ◽

Darren T. Beck ◽

Randy W. Braith

Keyword(s):

Resistance Training ◽

Arterial Stiffness ◽

Pressure Wave ◽

Wave Reflection ◽

Augmentation Index ◽

Aortic Pressure ◽

Control Group ◽

Training Volume ◽

Leg Extension ◽

Peripheral Arterial

Endurance exercise is efficacious in reducing arterial stiffness. However, the effect of resistance training (RT) on arterial stiffening is controversial. High-intensity, high-volume RT has been shown to increase arterial stiffness in young adults. We tested the hypothesis that an RT protocol consisting of progressively higher intensity without concurrent increases in training volume would not elicit increases in either central or peripheral arterial stiffness or alter aortic pressure wave reflection in young men and women. The RT group ( n = 24; 21 ± 1 years) performed two sets of 8–12 repetitions to volitional fatigue on seven exercise machines on 3 days/week for 12 weeks, whereas the control group ( n = 18; 22 ± 1 years) did not perform RT. Central and peripheral arterial pulse wave velocity (PWV), aortic pressure wave reflection (augmentation index; AIx), brachial flow–mediated dilation (FMD), and plasma levels of nitrate/nitrite (NOx) and norepinephrine (NE) were measured before and after RT. RT increased the one-repetition maximum for the chest press and the leg extension ( P < 0.001). RT also increased lean body mass ( P < 0.01) and reduced body fat (%; P < 0.01). However, RT did not affect carotid-radial, carotid-femoral, and femoral-distal PWV (8.4 ± 0.2 vs. 8.0 ± 0.2 m/sec; 6.5 ± 0.1 vs. 6.3 ± 0.2 m/sec; 9.5 ± 0.3 vs. 9.5 ± 0.3 m/sec, respectively) or AIx (2.5% ± 2.3% vs. 4.8% ± 1.8 %, respectively). Additionally, no changes were observed in brachial FMD, NOx, NE, or blood pressures. These results suggest that an RT protocol consisting of progressively higher intensity without concurrent increases in training volume does not increase central or peripheral arterial stiffness or alter aortic pressure wave characteristics in young subjects.

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