Seasonal blood pressure variation and its relationship to environmental temperature in healthy elderly Japanese studied by home measurements

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-12

  Kimura, Toshiaki ^a   Senda, Shoichi ^a   Masugata, Hisashi ^a   Yamagami, Ayumu ^a   Okuyama, Hiroyuki ^a   Kohno, Takeaki ^a   Hirao, Tomohiro ^a   Fukunaga, Megumu ^b   Okada, Hiroki ^c   Goda, Fuminori ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYONAKA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Home blood pressure; Outdoor temperature; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77149137088     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: 15256006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641960902929479     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Hata T, Ogihara T, Maruyama A, Mikami H, Nakamaru M, Naka T, Kumahara Y, Nugent CA. The seasonal variation of blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension. Clin Exp Hypertens 1982;4(3):341-354.
2. Woodhouse PR, Khaw KT, Plummer M. Seasonal variation of blood pressure and its relationship to ambient temperature in an elderly population. J Hypertens 1993;11(11): 1267-1274.
3. Kristal-Boneh E, Harari G, Green MS. Seasonal change in 24-hour blood pressure and heart rate is greater among smokers than nonsmokers. Hypertension 1997;30(3Pt 1):436-441.
4. Chifamba J, Mufunda J, Sigola LB, Matenga JA, Sparks HV. Effect of variation in environmental temperature on blood pressure: Is it important? Cent Afr J Med 1998;44(2):37-40.
5. Nakajima J, Kawamura M, Fujiwara T, Hiramori K. Body height is a determinant of seasonal blood pressure variation in patients with essential hypertension. Hypertens Res 2000;23(6):587-592.
6. Sothern RB. Circadian and circannual characteristics of blood pressure self-measured for 25 years by a clinicallyhealthy man. Chronobiologia 1994;21(1-2):7-20.
7. Paschalis-Purtak K, Pucilowska B, Kabat M, Sznajderman M. Clinical evaluation of 24 h ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure under various environmental conditions (home and work versus hospital). Blood Press Monit 1998;3(5):289-294.
8. Imai Y, Munakata M, Tsuji I, Ohkubo T, Satoh H, Yoshino H, Watanabe N, Nishiyama A, Onodera N, Kato J, Sekino M, Aihara A, Kasai Y, Abe K. Seasonal variation in blood pressure in normotensive women studied by home measurements. Clin Sci (London) 1996;90(1):55-60.
9. Matsubara M. Genetic determination of human essential hypertension. Tohoku J Exp Med 2000;192(1):19-33.
10. Japanese Society of Hypertension. Japanese Society of Hypertension guidelines for the management of hypertension (JSH 2004). Hypertens Res 2006;29(suppl):S1-105.
11. Hosohata K, Saito S, Asayama K, Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, Metoki H, Obara T, Kato T, Hashimoto J, Totsune K, Miura Y, Imai Y; The HOMED-BP Study Group. Progress report on The Hypertension Objective Treatment Based on Measurement by Electrical Devices of Blood Pressure (HOMED-BP) Study: Status at February 2004. Clin Exp Hypertens 2007;29(1):69-81. (Pubitemid 46039640)
12. Jones DW, Hall JE. Racial and ethnic differences in blood pressure: biology and sociology. Circulation 2006;114(25): 2757-2759.
13. Menon S, Berezny KY, Kilaru R, Benjamin DK Jr, Kay JD, Hazan L, Portman R, Hogg R, Deitchman D, Califf RM, Li JS. Racial differences are seen in blood pressure response to fosinopril in hypertensive children. Am Heart J 2006; 152(2):394-399.
14. Walker BR, Best R, Noon JP, Watt GC, Webb DJ. Seasonal variation in glucocorticoid activity in healthy men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997;82(12):4015-4019.
15. Nicolau GY, Haus E, Bogdan C, Plîng L, Robu E, Ungureanu E, Sackett-Lundeen L, Petrescu E. Circannual rhythms of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in relation to plasma aldosterone and urinary norepinephrine in elderly subjects and in children. Endocrinologie 1986;24(2):97-107.
16. Rosenthal T. Seasonal variations in blood pressure. Am J Geriatr Cardiol 2004;13(5):267-272.
17. Shibasaki T, Obara T, Ohkubo T, Hara A, Metoki H, Inoue R, Asayama K, Kikuya M, Hashimoto J, Totsune K, Imai Y. Time-dependent effects of imidapril administration in patients with morning hypertension measured as home blood pressure. Clin Exp Hypertens 2008;30(3):243-254.
18. Obara T, Ohkubo T, Asayama K, Kikuya M, Metoki H, Inoue R, Komai R, Murai K, Hashimoto J, Totsune K, Imai Y; J-HOME Study Group. Prevalence of masked hypertension in subjects treated with antihypertensive drugs as assessed by morning versus evening home blood pressure measurements: The J-HOME Study. Clin Exp Hypertens 2008;30(3):277-287.
19. Kawano Y, Horio T, Matayoshi T, Kamide K. Masked hypertension: Subtypes and target organ damage. Clin Exp Hypertens 2008;30(3):289-296.
20. Kloner R, Poole WK, Perritt RL. When throughout the year is coronary death most likely to occur? Circulation 1999;100(15):1630-1634.
21. Khaw KT, Barrett-Connor E, Suarez L, Criqui MH. Predictors of stroke-associated mortality in the elderly. Stroke 1984;15(2):244-248.
22. Barrett-Connor E, Suarez L, Khaw K, Criqui MH, Wingard DL. Ischemic heart disease risk factors after age 50. J Chronic Dis 1984;37(12):903-908.