Lack of independent association between C-reactive protein and central aortic hemodynamics in black africans with high risk of cardiovascular disease

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1094-1101

  Redelinghuys, Michelle ^a   Norton, Gavin R ^a   Janse Van Rensburg, Nicol M ^a   Maseko, Muzi J ^a   Majane, Olebogeng H I ^a   Dessein, Patrick ^a   Woodiwiss, Angela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

aortic blood pressure; aortic pulse wave velocity; blood pressure; hypertension; inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL AORTIC HEMODYNAMICS; CENTRAL PULSE PRESSURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 80052962203     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.119     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Safar ME, Blacher J, Pannier B, Guerin AP, Marchais SJ, Guyonvarc'h PM, London GM. Central pulse pressure and mortality in end-stage renal disease. Hypertension 2002; 39:735-738. (Pubitemid 34252866)
2. Roman MJ, Devereux RB, Kizer JR, Lee ET, Galloway JM, Ali T, Umans JG, Howard BV. Central pressure more strongly relates to vascular disease and outcome than does brachial pressure: the Strong Heart Study. Hypertension 2007; 50:197-203. (Pubitemid 46986041)
3. London GM, Blacher J, Pannier B, Guérin AP, Marchais SJ, Safar ME. Arterial wave reflections and survival in end-stage renal failure. Hypertension 2001; 38:434-438. (Pubitemid 34225679)
4. Chirinos JA, Zambrano JP, Chakko S, Veerani A, Schob A, Willens HJ, Perez G, Mendez AJ. Aortic pressure augmentation predicts adverse cardiovascular events in patients with established coronary artery disease. Hypertension 2005; 45: 980-985. (Pubitemid 40628947)
5. Williams B, Lacy PS, Thom SM, Cruickshank K, Stanton A, Collier D, Hughes AD, Thurston H, O'Rourke M; CAFE Investigators; Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial Investigators; CAFE Steering Committee and Writing Committee. Differential impact of blood pressure-lowering drugs on central aortic pressure and clinical outcomes: principal results of the Conduit Artery Function Evaluation (CAFE) study. Circulation 2006; 113:1213-1225.
6. Pini R, Cavallini MC, Palmieri V, Marchionni N, Di Bari M, Devereux RB, Masotti G, Roman MJ. Central but not brachial blood pressure predicts cardiovascular events in an unselected geriatric population: the ICARe Dicomano Study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008; 51:2432-2439. (Pubitemid 351815169)
7. Wang KL, Cheng HM, Chuang SY, Spurgeon HA, Ting CT, Lakatta EG, Yin FC, Chou P, Chen CH. Central or peripheral systolic or pulse pressure: which best relates to target organs and future mortality? J Hypertens 2009; 27: 461-467.
8. Weber T, Auer J, O'rourke MF, Kvas E, Lassnig E, Lamm G, Stark N, Rammer M, Eber B. Increased arterial wave reflections predict severe cardiovascular events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions. Eur Heart J 2005; 26:2657-2663. (Pubitemid 41746688)
9. Vlachopoulos C, Dima I, Aznaouridis K, Vasiliadou C, Ioakeimidis N, Aggeli C, Toutouza M, Stefanadis C. Acute systemic inflammation increases arterial stiffness and decreases wave reflections in healthy individuals. Circulation 2005; 112: 2193-2200. (Pubitemid 41475815)
10. Kampus P, Kals J, Ristimäe T, Fischer K, Zilmer M, Teesalu R. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein affects central haemodynamics and augmentation index in apparently healthy persons. J Hypertens 2004; 22:1133-1139. (Pubitemid 38721005)
11. Yasmin, McEniery CM, Wallace S, Mackenzie IS, Cockcroft JR, Wilkinson IB. C-reactive protein is associated with arterial stiffness in apparently healthy individuals. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2004; 24:969-974. (Pubitemid 38620880)
12. Kullo IJ, Seward JB, Bailey KR, Bielak LF, Grossardt BR, Sheedy PF 2nd, Peyser PA, Turner ST. C-reactive protein is related to arterial wave reflection and stiffness in asymptomatic subjects from the community. Am J Hypertens 2005; 18: 1123-1129. (Pubitemid 41139913)
13. Duprez DA, Somasundaram PE, Sigurdsson G, Hoke L, Florea N, Cohn JN. Relationship between C-reactive protein and arterial stiffness in an asymptomatic population. J Hum Hypertens 2005; 19:515-519. (Pubitemid 40946035)
14. Saijo Y, Utsugi M, Yoshioka E, Horikawa N, Sato T, Gong YY, Kishi R. Relationships of C-reactive protein, uric acid, and glomerular filtration rate to arterial stiffness in Japanese subjects. J Hum Hypertens 2005; 19:907-913. (Pubitemid 41637608)
15. Nagano M, Nakamura M, Sato K, Tanaka F, Segawa T, Hiramori K. Association between serum C-reactive protein levels and pulse wave velocity: a populationbased cross-sectional study in a general population. Atherosclerosis 2005; 180:189-195.
16. Andoh N, Minami J, Ishimitsu T, Ohrui M, Matsuoka H. Relationship between markers of inflammation and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in Japanese men. Int Heart J 2006; 47:409-420. (Pubitemid 44082836)
17. Schnabel R, Larson MG, Dupuis J, Lunetta KL, Lipinska I, Meigs JB, Yin X, Rong J, Vita JA, Newton-Cheh C, Levy D, Keaney JF Jr, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF, Benjamin EJ. Relations of inflammatory biomarkers and common genetic variants with arterial stiffness and wave reflection. Hypertension 2008; 51:1651-1657.
18. Pearson TA, Mensah GA, Alexander RW, Anderson JL, Cannon RO 3rd, Criqui M, Fadl YY, Fortmann SP, Hong Y, Myers GL, Rifai N, Smith SC Jr, Taubert K, Tracy RP, Vinicor F; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; American Heart Association. Markers of inflammation and cardiovascular disease: application to clinical and public health practice: A statement for healthcare professionals from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association. Circulation 2003; 107:499-511. (Pubitemid 36158056)
19. Norton GR, Maseko M, Libhaber E, Libhaber CD, Majane OH, Dessein P, Sareli P, Woodiwiss AJ. Is prehypertension an independent predictor of target organ changes in young-to-middle-aged persons of African descent? J Hypertens 2008; 26:2279-2287.
20. Woodiwiss AJ, Molebatsi N, Maseko MJ, Libhaber E, Libhaber C, Majane OH, Paiker J, Dessein P, Brooksbank R, Sareli P, Norton GR. Nurse-recorded auscultatory blood pressure at a single visit predicts target organ changes as well as ambulatory blood pressure. J Hypertens 2009; 27:287-297.
21. Redelinghuys M, Norton GR, Scott L, Maseko MJ, Brooksbank R, Majane OH, Sareli P, Woodiwiss AJ. Relationship between urinary salt excretion and pulse pressure and central aortic hemodynamics independent of steady state pressure in the general population. Hypertension 2010; 56:584-590.
22. Gillet MJ. International Expert Committee Report on the Role of the A1C Assay in the Diagnosis of Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2009; 32:1327-1334.
23. Shiburi CP, Staessen JA, Maseko M, Wojciechowska W, Thijs L, Van Bortel LM, Woodiwiss AJ, Norton GR. Reference values for SphygmoCor measurements in South Africans of African ancestry. Am J Hypertens 2006; 19:40-46. (Pubitemid 43217032)
24. O'Rourke MF, Nichols WW. Aortic diameter, aortic stiffness, and wave reflection increase with age and isolated systolic hypertension. Hypertension 2005; 45: 652-658. (Pubitemid 40418361)
25. Murgo JP, Westerhof N, Giolma JP, Altobelli SA. Aortic input impedance in normal man: relationship to pressure wave forms. Circulation 1980; 62:105-116. (Pubitemid 10083104)
26. Kim JS, Kang TS, Kim JB, Seo HS, Park S, Kim C, Ko YG, Choi D, Jang Y, Chung N. Significant association of C-reactive protein with arterial stiffness in treated nondiabetic hypertensive patients. Atherosclerosis 2007; 192:401-406. (Pubitemid 46726321)
27. McEniery CM, Spratt M, Munnery M, Yarnell J, Lowe GD, Rumley A, Gallacher J, Ben-Shlomo Y, Cockcroft JR, Wilkinson IB. An analysis of prospective risk factors for aortic stiffness in men: 20-year follow-up from the Caerphilly prospective study. Hypertension 2010; 56:36-43.
28. Scuteri A, Orru M, Morrell C, Piras MG, Taub D, Schlessinger D, Uda M, Lakatta EG. Independent and additive effects of cytokine patterns and the metabolic syndrome on arterial aging in the SardiNIA Study. Atherosclerosis 2011; 215: 459-464.
29. Mahmud A, Feely J. Arterial stiffness is related to systemic inflammation in essential hypertension. Hypertension 2005; 46:1118-1122. (Pubitemid 41533013)
30. Pietri P, Vlachopoulos C, Aznaouridis K, Baou K, Xaplanteris P, Dima I, Vyssoulis G, Stefanadis C. Inflammatory status, arterial stiffness and central hemodynamics in hypertensive patients with metabolic syndrome. Artery Res 2009; 3:115-121.
31. Pietri P, Vyssoulis G, Vlachopoulos C, Zervoudaki A, Gialernios T, Aznaouridis K, Stefanadis C. Relationship between low-grade inflammation and arterial stiffness in patients with essential hypertension. J Hypertens 2006; 24:2231-2238. (Pubitemid 44611032)
32. Mattace-Raso FU, van der Cammen TJ, van der Meer IM, Schalekamp MA, Asmar R, Hofman A, Witteman JC. C-reactive protein and arterial stiffness in older adults: the Rotterdam Study. Atherosclerosis 2004; 176:111-116. (Pubitemid 39078652)
33. Nakhai-Pour HR, Grobbee DE, Bots ML, Muller M, van der Schouw YT. C-reactive protein and aortic stiffness and wave reflection in middle-aged and elderly men from the community. J Hum Hypertens 2007; 21:941-955.
34. Chen CH, Nevo E, Fetics B, Pak PH, Yin FC, Maughan WL, Kass DA. Estimation of central aortic pressure waveform by mathematical transformation of radial tonometry pressure. Validation of generalized transfer function. Circulation 1997; 95:1827-1836. (Pubitemid 27164400)
35. Shisana O, Rehle T, Simbayi LC, Zuma K, Jooste S, Pillay-van-Wyk V, Mbelle N, Van Zyl J, Parker W, Zungu NP, Pezi S & the SABSSM III Implementation Team (2009). South African national HIV prevalence, incidence, behaviour and communication survey 2008: A turning tide among teenagers? HSRC Press: Cape Town, 2009.
36. World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNAIDS. Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector. Progress report, France, 2010. (http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241500395- eng.pdf ).