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Autonomic function in hypertension. Are there racial differences?

R J Parmer1, J H Cervenka, R A Stone

  • 1Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego.

Circulation
|April 1, 1990
PubMed
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Racial differences in hypertension may not stem from the sympathetic nervous system. Both white and black hypertensive individuals show similar autonomic dysfunction, including reduced baroreceptor reflex sensitivity.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Hypertension Pathogenesis
  • Autonomic Nervous System Function

Background:

  • Previous biochemical studies suggested racial disparities in sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity contributing to hypertension.
  • Essential hypertension involves complex autonomic and sympathetic nervous system regulation.
  • Understanding racial differences in hypertension mechanisms is crucial for targeted therapies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To physiologically and pharmacologically assess autonomic and SNS function in white and black individuals with essential hypertension.
  • To compare baroreceptor reflex sensitivity, cold pressor responses, and alpha-adrenergic blockade effects between racial groups.
  • To determine if racial differences exist in the pathogenetic mechanisms of hypertension.

Main Methods:

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  • Evaluated 101 male subjects (white/black, hypertensive/normotensive) using baroreceptor reflex testing (amyl nitrite, phenylephrine).
  • Assessed cold pressor test responses (heart rate, blood pressure) and blood pressure response to phentolamine (alpha-adrenergic blockade).
  • Compared physiological and pharmacological data across four study groups: white hypertensive, black hypertensive, white normotensive, and black normotensive.

Main Results:

  • Hypertensive subjects (both white and black) exhibited increased resting heart rate, decreased baroreceptor reflex sensitivity, and exaggerated blood pressure drop with phentolamine.
  • Cold pressor testing showed greater heart rate increases in black subjects compared to white subjects, irrespective of hypertension status.
  • Blood pressure increments during cold pressor testing were similar across all four groups; no major racial differences in autonomic dysfunction were found in hypertension.

Conclusions:

  • White and black hypertensive individuals share similar autonomic and SNS functional abnormalities, including blunted baroreceptor reflex sensitivity.
  • Increased alpha-adrenergic receptor participation in blood pressure maintenance is evident in both white and black hypertensive subjects.
  • The findings do not support significant racial differences in the autonomic pathogenetic mechanisms underlying hypertension.