Age dependency of peripheral and central systolic blood pressures: Cross-sectional and longitudinal observations in a Chinese population

Hypertension Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-122

  Li, Yan ^a   Staessen, Jan A ^b,c   Sheng, Chang Sheng ^a   Huang, Qi Fang ^a   O'Rourke, Michael ^d   Wang, Ji Guang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

aging; central blood pressure; epidemiology; peripheral blood pressure; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BODY MASS; CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD PRESSURE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84855418913     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2011.160     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. O'Rourke MF, Kelly PJ. Wave reflections in the systemic circulation and its implications in ventricular function. J Hypertens 1993; 11: 327-337. (Pubitemid 23139773)
2. O'Rourke M. Arterial haemodynamics and ventricular-vascular interaction in hypertension. Blood Press 1994; 3: 33-37. (Pubitemid 24089510)
3. 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)
4. Wilkinson IB, MacCallum H, Flint L, Cockroft JR, Newby DE, Webb DJ. The influence of heart rate on augmentation index and central arterial pressure in humans. J Physiol 2000; 525: 263-270. (Pubitemid 30311951)
5. Avolio AP, Deng FA, Li WQ, Luo YF, Huang ZD, Xing LF, O'Rourke MF. Effects of aging on arterial distensibility in populations with high and low prevalence of hypertension: comparison between urban and rural communities in China. Circulation 1985; 71: 202-210. (Pubitemid 15157079)
6. Avolio AP, Chen SG, Wang RP, Zhang CL, Li MF, O'Rourke MF. Effects of aging on changing arterial compliance and left ventricular load in a northern Chinese urban community. Circulation 1983; 68: 50-58. (Pubitemid 13058209)
7. McEniery CM, Yasmin, Hall IR, Qasem A, Wilkinson IB, Cockroft JR, ACCT Investigators. Normal vascular aging : differential effects on wave reflection and aortic pulse wave velocity. The Anglo-Cardiff Collaborative Trial (ACCT). J Am Coll Cardiol 2005; 46: 1753-1760. (Pubitemid 41531635)
8. Mitchell GF, Parise H, Benjamin EJ, Larson MG, Keyes MJ, Vita JA, Vasan RS, Levy D. Changes in arterial stiffness and wave reflection with advancing age in healthy men and women. The Framingham Heart Study. Hypertension 2004; 43: 1239-1245. (Pubitemid 38691746)
9. Li Y, Staessen JA, Li LH, Huang QF, Lu L, Wang JG. Reference values for the arterial pulse wave in Chinese. Am J Hypertens 2008; 21: 668-673. (Pubitemid 351733360)
10. Wilkinson IB, Franklin SS, Hall IR, Tyrrell S, Cockcroft JR. Pressure amplification explains why pulse pressure is unrelated to risk in young subjects. Hypertension 2001; 38: 1461-1466. (Pubitemid 34033434)
11. McEniery CM, Yasmin, McDonnell B, Munnery M, Wallace SM, Rowe CV, Cockcroft JR, Wilkinson IB, Anglo-Cardiff Collaborative Trial Investigators. Central pressure : variability and impact of cardiovascular risk factors. The Anglo-Cardiff Collaborative Trial II. Hypertension 2008; 51: 1-7.
12. Karamanoglu M, O'Rourke MF, Avolio AP, Kelly PJ. An analysis of the relationship between central aortic and peripheral upper limb pressure waves in man. Eur Heart J 1993; 14: 160-167. (Pubitemid 23089501)
13. Pauca AL, O'Rourke M, Kon ND. Prospective evaluation of a method for estimating ascending aortic pressure from the radial artery pressure waveform. Hypertension 2001; 38: 932-937. (Pubitemid 34258696)
14. Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 1986; 1: 307-310. (Pubitemid 16134762)
15. O'Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, Thomas M. Evaluation of three devices for self-measurement of blood pressure according to the revised British Hypertension Society Protocol : the Omron HEM-705 CP, Philips HP5332 and Nissei DS-175. Blood Press Monit 1996; 1: 55-62.
16. Staessen J, O'Brien E, Atkins N, Bulpitt CJ, Cox J, Fagard R, O'Malley K, Thijs L, Amery A. The increase in blood pressure with age and body mass index is overestimated by conventional sphygmomanometry. Am J Epidemiol 1992; 136: 450-459.
17. Staessen J, Amery A, Fagard R. Editorial review. Isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly. J Hypertens 1990; 8: 393-405. (Pubitemid 20347070)
18. O'Rourke MF, Hashimoto J. Mechanical factors in arterial aging. A clinical perspective. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 50: 1-13. (Pubitemid 46963521)
19. Boutouyrie PH, Laurent S, Benetos A, Girerd XJ, Hoeks APG, Safar ME. Opposing effects of ageing on distal and proximal large arteries in hypertensives. J Hypertens 1992; 10: S87-S91.
20. Smulyan H, Asmar RG, Rudnicki A, London GM, Safar ME. Comparative effects of aging in men and women on the properties of the arterial tree. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 37: 1374-1380.
21. Staessen JA, Bieniaszewski L, Brosens I, Fagard R. The epidemiology of menopause and its association with cardiovascular disease. In Messerli FH, Aepfelbacher FC (eds), Hypertension in Postmenopausal Women. Marcel Dekkers Inc: New York, USA, 1996, pp 43-78.
22. Casiglia E, Tikhonoff V, Caffi S, Bascelli A, Schiavon L, Guidotti F, Saugo M, Giacomazzo M, Martini B, Mazza A, D'Este C, Pessina AC. Menopause does not affect blood pressure and risk profile, and menopausal women do not become similar to men. J Hypertens 2010; 26: 1983-1992.
23. Mitchell GF, Wang N, Palmisano JN, Larson MG, Hamburg NM, Vita JA, Levy D, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS. Hemodynamic correlates of blood pressure across the adult age spectrum : noninvasive evalauation in the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation 2010; 122: 1379-1386.
24. Kannel WB, Gordon T. Evaluation of cardiovascular risk in the elderly : The Framingham Study. Bull N Y Acad Med 1978; 54: 573-589.
25. Zuo JL, Li Y, Yan ZJ, Zhang RY, Shen WF, Zhu DL, Gao PJ, Chu SL. Validation of the central blood pressure estimation by the SphygmoCor system in Chinese. Blood Press Monit 2010; 15: 268-274.
26. Papaioannou TG, Lekakis JP, Karatzis EN, Papamichael CM, Stamatelopoulos KS, Protogerou AD, Mavrikakis M, Stefanadis C. Transmission of calibration errors (input) by generalized transfer functions to the aortic pressures (output) at different hemodynamic states. Int J Cardiol 2006; 110: 46-52. (Pubitemid 43744556)
27. Avolio AP, Van Bortel LM, Boutouyrie P, Cockcroft JR, McEniery CM, Protogerou AD, RomanMJ, SafarME, Segers P, Smulyan H. Role of pulse pressure amplification in arterial hypertension: experts' opinion and review of the data. Hypertension 2009; 54: 375-383.