Sex differences in short-term heart rate variability in patients with newly diagnosed essential hypertension

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 904-910

  Pavithran, Purushothaman ^a   Madanmohan, Trakroo ^a   Nandeesha, Hanumanthappa ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RR INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REST; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57849108933     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.00052.x     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Beske SD, Alvarez GE, Ballard TP, et al. Gender difference in cardiovagal baroreflex gain in humans. J Appl Physiol. 2001;91:2088-2092.
2. Christou DD, Jones PP, Jordan J, et al. Women have lower tonic autonomic support of arterial blood pressure and less effective baroreflex buffering than men. Circulation. 2005;111:494-498.
3. Convertino VA. Gender differences in autonomic functions associated with blood pressure regulation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 1998;275:R1909-R1920.
4. Tank J, Diedrich A, Szezceh E, et al. Baroreflex regulation of heart rate and sympathetic vasomotor tone in women and men. Hypertension. 2005;45:1159-1164.
5. Senthilvelou M, Purushothaman P, Krishna R, et al. Gender differences in vasoconstrictor reserve. Ind J Physiol Pharmacol. 2006;50:316-318.
6. Hogarth AJ, Mackintosh AF, Mary DA. Gender difference in the sympathetic vasoconstrictor drive in normal subjects. Clin Sci (Lond). 2007;112:353-361.
7. Laitinen T, Hartikainen J, Vanninen E, et al. Age and gender dependency of baroreflex sensitivity in healthy subjects. J Appl Physiol. 1998;84:576-583.
8. Sevre K, Lefrandt JD, Nordby G, et al. Autonomic function in hypertensive and normotensive subjects. The importance of gender. Hypertension. 2001;37:1351-1356.
9. Akselrod S, Gordon D, Ubel FA, et al. Power spectrum analysis of heart rate fluctuation: A quantitative probe to beat- to-beat cardiovascular control. Science. 1981;213:220-222.
10. Saul JP. Beat to beat variations of heart rate reflect modulation of cardiac autonomic outflow. Physiology. 1990;5:32-37.
11. Task Force Report Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. Heart rate variability: Standards of measurement, physiological interpretation and clinical use. Circulation. 1996;93:1043-1065.
12. Guzzetti S, Piccaluga E, Casati R, et al. Sympathetic predominance in essential hypertension: A study employing spectral analysis of heart rate variability. J Hypertens. 1988;6:711-717.
13. Langewitz W, Ruddel H, Schachinger H. Reduced parasympathetic cardiac control in patients with hypertension at rest and during mental stress. Am Heart J. 1994;127:122-128.
14. Singh JP, Larson MG, Tsuji H, et al. Reduced heart rate variability and new onset hypertension: Insights into Tathogenesis of hypertension: the Framingham Heart study. Hypertension. 1998;32:293-297.
15. Richmond W. Use of cholesterol oxidase for assay of total and free cholesterol in serum by continuous-flow analysis. Clin Chem. 1976;22:1579-1588.
16. Friedewald WT, Levy RI, Fredrickson DS. Estimation of the concentration of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in plasma, without use of the preparative ultracentrifuge. Clin Chem. 1972;18:499-502.
17. Ewing DJ, Martyn CN, Young RJ, et al. The value of cardiovascular autonomic function tests: 10 years experience in diabetes. Diabetes Care. 1985;8:491-498.
18. Sneddon J. Cardiovascular autonomic function testing. In: Sutton P, ed. Measurements in Cardiology. Lancashire: The Parthenon Publishing Group. 1999:101-112.
19. Malliani A. The pattern of sympathovagal balance explored in the frequency domain. Physiology. 1999;14:111-117.
20. PenttiläJ, Kuusela T, Scheinin H. Analysis of rapid heart rate variability in the assessment of anticholinergic drug effects in humans. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2005;61:559-565.
21. Bernston GG, Lozano DL, Chen YJ. Filter properties of root mean square successive difference (RMSSD) for heart rate. Psychophysiology. 2005;42:246-252.
22. Ewing DJ, Campbell IW, Murray A, et al. Immediate heart-rate response to standing: Simple test for autonomic neuropathy in diabetes. BMJ. 1978;1:145-147.
23. Hogarth AJ, Mackintosh AF, Mary DA. The effect of gender on the sympathetic nerve hyperactivity of essential hypertension. J Hum Hypertens. 2007;21:239-245.
24. Morrison SF. Differential control of sympathetic outflow. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2001;281:R683-R698.
25. Blauwet LA, Redberg RF. The role of sex-specific result reporting in cardiovascular disease. Cardiol Rev. 2007;15:275-278.