Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, and Plasma Catecholamines in Normal and Hypertensive Children and their Siblings at Rest and After Standing
Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, and Plasma Catecholamines in Normal and Hypertensive Children and their Siblings at Rest and After Standing
复制标题
正常儿童和高血压儿童及其兄弟姐妹休息和站立后的血压、心率和血浆儿茶酚胺
作者:
W. Mccrory;A. A. Klein;R. Rosenthal
Heart rate, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), plasma norepinephrine (NE), and epinephrine (E) levels at rest and in response to orthostatic stress of quiet standing were compared in 19 subjects with borderline hypertension (BH) (SBP-135 mm Hg, DBP-80 mm Hg), nine with significant hypertension (SH) (SBP-150 mm Hg, DBP-95 mm Hg), 14 normotensive siblings (NS) of hypertensives (SBP-113 mm Hg, DBP-64 mm Hg), and 21 age-matched normotensive controls (NC) (SBP-116 mm Hg, DBP-61 mm Hg). Group resting plasma NE levels were significantly higher in BH (454/, p < 0.001/) and SH (384/, p < 0.01/) than in NC (281/) or NS (309/), and more than 2 SD above the NC mean value in 50° of BH, 28° of SH, and 7° of NS. Plasma E levels were similar. On standing, mean arterial pressure (MAP) rose 13.7 mm Hg in NC, 3.9 mm Hg in BH, and 2.8 mm Hg in NS, and fell 7.3 mm Hg in SH. These differences reflect the frequent occurrence of hypotensive responses in study group subjects, which were not observed in NC. The mean rise in plasma NE with standing was blunted in hypertensives, increasing 40° to 50° compared with 95° in NC. In BH and NS, SBP was positively correlated with plasma NE levels at rest and with standing. These observations offer support for the hypothesis that altered adrenergic sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity is present in a subgroup of young hypertensives and can be a contributing factor to their hypertension. Findings of similar SNS activity in some normotensive siblings suggest that genetic factors might be involved. (Hypertension 4:507–513, 1982)