scholarly journals Plasma Leptin and Blood Pressure Progression in Blacks

Author(s):  
Arnaud D. Kaze ◽  
Solomon K. Musani ◽  
Aurelian Bidulescu ◽  
Adolfo Correa ◽  
Alain G. Bertoni ◽  
...  

Data on the relation of plasma leptin with blood pressure (BP) progression among Blacks are scant. We evaluated the association of plasma leptin levels with BP progression and incident hypertension among Blacks. We analyzed a total of 1190 Jackson Heart Study participants without hypertension at baseline (2000–2004) who attended ≥1 follow-up visit (2005–2008 or 2009–2013). Modified Poisson regression was used to generate multivariable-adjusted risk ratios (RRs) and 95% CIs for BP progression (an increase by ≥1 BP category) and incident hypertension (BP ≥130/80 or use of antihypertensive medication). Of the 1190 participants, 64.1% were women (n=763), mean age was 48 (SD: 12) years. Over a median of 7 years, 71.3% progressed to a higher BP category (n=848) and 64.6% developed hypertension (n=769). After adjusting for confounders, each SD increment in log-leptin was associated with higher risks of BP progression (RR, 1.10 [95% CI, 1.03–1.18], P =0.007) and incident hypertension (RR, 1.14 [95% CI, 1.05–1.23], P =0.002). Compared with those in the lowest leptin quartile, participants in the highest quartile had significantly higher risks of BP progression (RR, 1.27 [95% CI, 1.05–1.54], P trend =0.007) and incident hypertension (RR, 1.32 [95% CI, 1.07–1.64], Ptrend=0.010). These associations were consistent across multiple BP classifications. Our findings from a large cohort of Blacks support the notion that plasma leptin concentrations may help identify an at-risk population that could be targeted for hypertension prevention and management strategies in future studies.

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 141 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Allana T Forde ◽  
Mario Sims ◽  
Paul Muntner ◽  
Tené Lewis ◽  
Amanda Onwuka ◽  
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Background: African Americans have a higher risk for hypertension compared to other racial or ethnic groups in the United States. One possible explanation for this health disparity is perceived discrimination. Few studies have prospectively examined the association between discrimination and the incidence of hypertension. Methods: We examined the associations of everyday, lifetime, and stress from lifetime discrimination with incident hypertension and whether these associations differed by sex, discrimination attribution (i.e. the main reason for the discrimination event), and coping responses to discrimination among African Americans enrolled in the Jackson Heart Study. Discrimination was self-reported by 1845 African Americans aged 21 to 85 years without hypertension at baseline (2000-2004). Participants completed two follow-up study visits from 2005-2008 and 2009-2013. We used interval-censored Cox regression to estimate associations of discrimination with incident hypertension (antihypertensive medication use; and/or systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg at follow-up visits 2 or 3) after adjustment for confounding variables. Results: Overall, 52% (954 of 1845) of participants developed hypertension over the follow-up period. After adjustment for age, sex, education and hypertension risk factors (body mass index, alcohol use, smoking, diet and physical activity), medium versus low levels of lifetime discrimination (hazard ratio-HR: 1.45, 95% confidence interval-CI: 1.15-1.82) and high versus low levels of lifetime discrimination (HR: 1.35, CI: 1.08-1.68) were associated with a higher incidence of hypertension. High versus low stress from lifetime discrimination was associated with hypertension risk after adjustment for demographics (HR: 1.20, CI: 1.02-1.41), but the association was attenuated after adjustment for hypertension risk factors (HR: 1.14, CI: 0.97-1.35). Lifetime discrimination and stress from discrimination were associated with an increased hypertension risk among females, but not males. No interactions with age, attribution or coping were present for any type of discrimination. Conclusions: Findings from this study support an association between lifetime discrimination and incident hypertension in African Americans.


2015 ◽  
Vol 114 (11) ◽  
pp. 1887-1899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huifen Wang ◽  
Caroline S. Fox ◽  
Lisa M. Troy ◽  
Nicola M. Mckeown ◽  
Paul F. Jacques

AbstractWe aimed to examine the longitudinal association of dairy consumption with the changes in blood pressure (BP) and the risk of incident hypertension (HTN) among adults. This study included 2636 Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort members who participated in the 5th through 8th examinations (1991–2008) and were free of HTN at their first examination during the follow-up. Data collected at each examination included dietary intake (by a validated FFQ), BP (following standardised procedures) and anti-hypertensive medication use (by physician-elicited self-report). HTN was defined as systolic BP (SBP)≥140 mmHg, or diastolic BP (DBP)≥90 mmHg or anti-hypertensive medication use. We used repeated-measure and discrete-time hazard regressions to examine the associations of dairy consumption with the annualised BP change (n2075) and incident HTN (n2340; cases=1026), respectively. Covariates included demographic, lifestyle, overall diet quality, metabolic factors and medication use. Greater intakes of total dairy foods, total low-fat/fat-free dairy foods, low-fat/skimmed milk and yoghurt were associated with smaller annualised increments in SBP and a lower risk of projected HTN incidence. However, with the exception of total dairy foods and yoghurt, these inverse associations with HTN risk were attenuated as the follow-up time increased. For yoghurt, each additional serving was associated with 6 (95 % CI 1, 10) % reduced risk of incident HTN. Total dairy and total low-fat/fat-free dairy intakes were found to be inversely related to changes in DBP. Dairy consumption, as part of a nutritious and energy-balanced diet pattern, may benefit BP control and prevent or delay the onset of HTN.


Circulation ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 125 (suppl_10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard M Kaess ◽  
Jian Rong ◽  
Martin G Larson ◽  
Naomi M Hamburg ◽  
Joseph A Vita ◽  
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Background: Increased vascular stiffness and excessive blood pressure (BP) pulsatility are important risk factors for age-related morbidity. Vascular stiffness and BP pulsatility are related, with a prevailing view that hypertension antedates and contributes to premature vascular aging and a secondary increase in vascular stiffness. However, temporal relations between comprehensive vascular measures and BP elevation have not been fully delineated in a large community-based sample. Methods: We examined longitudinal relations of BP and 3 measures of vascular stiffness and pressure pulsatility derived from arterial tonometry (carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity [CFPWV], forward wave amplitude and augmentation index) over a 7-year period in 1,898 Framingham Offspring participants (mean age 60 yrs, 1,057 women). We also examined relations between measures of microvascular and endothelial function derived from brachial artery Doppler and future progression of BP or vascular stiffness. Results: In multivariable-adjusted regression models, baseline tonometry measures were separately and jointly associated with higher systolic and pulse pressure and incident hypertension ( Table ). Conversely, higher baseline BP was associated with higher forward wave amplitude and augmentation index (all p<0.05) but not CFPWV at follow-up. Higher baseline resting brachial artery flow and lower flow-mediated dilation were associated with incident hypertension in models that included BP and tonometry measures ( Table ). Conclusion: Higher aortic stiffness (CFPWV), pressure pulsatility (forward wave amplitude), and wave reflection (augmentation index) and lower flow-mediated dilation are associated with blood pressure progression and incident hypertension. Our findings support the notion of aortic stiffness as a precursor of hypertension and further suggest a vicious cycle of increasing pressure pulsatility with advancing age. Table. Correlates of incident hypertension. Predictor Variables (baseline) OR 95% CI P Systolic BP 3.24 (2.17; 4.84) <0.0001 Diastolic BP 1.47 (1.13; 1.92) 0.0042 CFPWV 1.30 (1.02; 1.67) 0.037 Forward wave amplitude 1.66 (1.32; 2.09) <0.0001 Augmentation index 1.78 (1.45; 2.17) <0.0001 Brachial artery baseline flow 1.23 (1.05; 1.45) 0.013 Flow-mediated dilation 0.83 (0.70; 0.98) 0.029 Results of a single multivariable model that further adjusted for age,sex, BMI, height and triglycerides in 1,019 participants free of hypertension at baseline who experienced 337 cases of incident hypertension during follow-up. OR expressed per 1 SD of the independent variable.


Stroke ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam H de Havenon ◽  
Ka-Ho Wong ◽  
Eva Mistry ◽  
Mohammad Anadani ◽  
Shadi Yaghi ◽  
...  

Background: Increased blood pressure variability (BPV) has been associated with stroke risk, but never specifically in patients with diabetes. Methods: This is a secondary analysis of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Follow-On Study (ACCORDION), the long term follow-up extension of ACCORD. Visit-to-visit BPV was analyzed using all BP readings during the first 36 months. The primary outcome was incident ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke after 36 months. Differences in mean BPV was tested with Student’s t-test. We fit Cox proportional hazards models to estimate the adjusted risk of stroke across lowest vs. highest quintile of BPV and report hazard ratios along with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: Our analysis included 9,241 patients, with a mean (SD) age of 62.7 (6.6) years and 61.7% were male. Mean (SD) follow-up was 5.7 (2.4) years and number of BP readings per patient was 12.0 (4.3). Systolic, but not diastolic, BPV was higher in patients who developed stroke (Table 1). The highest quintile of SBP SD was associated with increased risk of incident stroke, independent of mean blood pressure or other potential confounders. (Table 2, Figure 1). There was no interaction between SBP SD and treatment arm assignment, although the interaction for glucose approached significance (Table 2). Conclusion: Higher systolic BPV was associated with incident stroke in a large cohort of diabetic patients. Future trials of stroke prevention may benefit from interventions targeting BPV reduction.


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Won Jeon ◽  
Yoosoo Chang ◽  
Se-Won Lim ◽  
Juhee Cho ◽  
Han-Na Kim ◽  
...  

Abstract Aims To evaluate the bidirectional relationship between blood pressure (BP) and depressive symptoms using a large prospective cohort study. Methods Prospective cohort study was performed in 276 244 adults who participated in a regular health check-up and were followed annually or biennially for up to 5.9 years. BP levels were categorised according to the 2017 American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association hypertension guidelines. Depressive symptoms were assessed using Centre for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CESD) questionnaire and a cut-off score of ≥25 was regarded as case-level depressive symptoms. Results During 672 603.3 person-years of follow-up, 5222 participants developed case-level depressive symptoms. The multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) [95% confidence interval (CI)] for incident case-level depressive symptoms comparing hypotension, elevated BP, hypertension stage 1 and hypertension stage 2 to normal BP were 1.07 (0.99–1.16), 0.93 (0.82–1.05), 0.89 (0.81–0.97) and 0.81 (0.62–1.06), respectively (p for trend <0.001). During 583 615.3 person-years of follow-up, 27 787 participants developed hypertension. The multivariable-adjusted HRs (95% CI) for incident hypertension comparing CESD 16–24 and ⩾25 to CESD < 16 were 1.05 (1.01–1.11) and 1.12 (1.03–1.20), respectively (p for trend <0.001) and in the time-dependent models, corresponding HRs (95% CI) were 1.12 (1.02–1.24) and 1.29 (1.10–1.50), respectively (p for trend <0.001). Conclusions In this large cohort study of young and middle-aged individuals, higher BP levels were independently associated with a decreased risk for developing case-level depressive symptoms and depressive symptoms were also associated with incident hypertension. Further studies are required to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the bidirectional association between BP levels and incident depression.


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 520-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Fujiwara ◽  
Satoshi Hoshide ◽  
Hiroshi Kanegae ◽  
Kazuomi Kario

Abstract BACKGROUND We examined our hypothesis that participants with higher mean nighttime blood pressure (BP) levels and/or those with a riser BP pattern, both measured by ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring (ABPM), would show higher risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events compared to those with normal nighttime BP levels or a normal dipper BP pattern of circadian BP rhythm, even in very elderly participants in a general practice population. METHODS This prospective observational study enrolled 485 very elderly outpatients of ≥80 years (mean age: 83.2 ± 3.3 years; 44.7% male; 89.3% using antihypertensive medications). The prevalences of extreme dipper, dipper, nondipper, and riser status were 15.5%, 38.6%, 32.2%, and 13.8%, respectively. RESULTS During a mean follow-up of 3.9 years (1,734 person-years), 41 CVD events occurred. The participants with a riser pattern (higher nighttime systolic BP [SBP] than daytime SBP) showed a significantly higher risk for CVD events with adjustment for covariates: hazard ratio (HR), 2.61; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.03–6.62. Even after adjusting for covariates and mean nighttime SBP level, the CVD risks in participants with a riser pattern remained significant: HR, 3.11; 95% CI, 1.10–8.88. On the other hand, all BP variables showed no significant risks for CVD events. In addition, when we divided study participants into quartiles by their ambulatory BP levels, none of the ambulatory BP variables showed a J- or U-shaped relationship with CVD event risk. CONCLUSIONS In very elderly general practice outpatients, a riser BP pattern was significantly associated with CVD events independently of mean nighttime BP.


2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 1868-1874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni de Simone ◽  
Richard B Devereux ◽  
Marcello Chinali ◽  
Mary J Roman ◽  
Thomas K Welty ◽  
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2020 ◽  
pp. 204748732094299
Author(s):  
Tobias Holmlund ◽  
Björn Ekblom ◽  
Mats Börjesson ◽  
Gunnar Andersson ◽  
Peter Wallin ◽  
...  

Aims To explore how change in cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with incident hypertension in adults, and whether the association varies between sex, age, body mass index, cardiorespiratory fitness at baseline and follow-up time. A second aim is to study how change in other lifestyle-related variables affects the results. Methods A total of 91,728 participants (48% women), normotensive at baseline, with two examinations from occupational health service screenings between 1982 and 2019 (mean duration 4.3 years) were included. Cardiorespiratory fitness was assessed as estimated maximal oxygen consumption using submaximal cycle testing. Change in cardiorespiratory fitness was expressed as the percentage change per year. Incident hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure of 140 mmHg or greater or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mmHg or greater, or self-reported physician-diagnosed hypertension, at second examination. Results A large increase (≥3% annual change) in cardiorespiratory fitness was associated with a 11% lower risk of incident hypertension compared with maintainers (–1 to +1%), after multi-adjustment including change in smoking, body mass index, diet, stress and exercise habits. On the contrary, a small (–1 to −<3%) and large (≥–3%) decrease in cardiorespiratory fitness associated with a 21% and 25% higher risk compared with maintainers. Longer duration between the examinations was associated with stronger risk associations. Preserving, or changing to, risk level for the other lifestyle variables was associated with a higher risk of incident hypertension. However, a simultaneous maintenance of or increase in cardiorespiratory fitness attenuated the risk associated with smoking, and stress. Conclusion Preserving or increasing cardiorespiratory fitness should be part of any long-term strategy to decrease the risk of incident hypertension.


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