Gender-selective interaction between aging, blood pressure, and sympathetic nerve activity
Gender-selective interaction between aging, blood pressure, and sympathetic nerve activity
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DOI:
10.1161/01.hyp.0000160318.46725.46
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发表时间:
2005-04-01
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8.3
通讯作者:
Somers, VK
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作者:
Narkiewicz, K;Phillips, BG;Somers, VK
The mechanisms mediating the more striking age related increase in cardiovascular disease in women than in men are poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that aging has a greater impact on sympathetic traffic in women than in men. Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA), blood pressure, and heart rate were measured in 120 healthy males and 96 healthy females aged 20 to 72 years. MSNA increased with age in both sexes, but age explained 53% of MSNA variance in female subjects and only 8% of MSNA variance in male subjects. Both the slope and intercept of the regression lines were significantly different between male and female groups (P