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Proteína C reactiva y el riesgo de desarrollar hipertensión
Howard D Sesso1, Julie E Buring, Nader Rifai
1Department of Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and the Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02215-1204, USA. hsesso@hsph.harvard.edu
JAMA
|December 11, 2003
Resumen
Los niveles elevados de proteína C reactiva, un marcador de inflamación, están relacionados con un mayor riesgo de desarrollar hipertensión en las mujeres. Este hallazgo apoya la idea de que la hipertensión tiene orígenes inflamatorios.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud Cardiovascular La salud cardiovascular.
- Trastornos inflamatorios Los trastornos inflamatorios son trastornos inflamatorios que se producen en el cuerpo.
- Epidemiología La epidemiología.
Sus antecedentes:
- La hipertensión es una condición cardiovascular prevalente.
- La evidencia emergente sugiere un vínculo potencial entre la inflamación y la hipertensión.
- Los datos clínicos que conectan directamente los marcadores de inflamación sistémica con la hipertensión incidente siguen siendo limitados.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la asociación entre la proteína C reactiva (CRP), un marcador de la inflamación sistémica, y la incidencia de la hipertensión.
- Para determinar si los niveles elevados de PCR predicen el desarrollo futuro de la hipertensión.
Principales métodos:
- Estudio de cohorte prospectivo de 20.525 profesionales de la salud femeninas mayores de 45 años con presión arterial basal normal.
- La mediana de seguimiento fue de 7.8 años para la hipertensión incidente.
- Se midieron los niveles basales de PCR en plasma y los factores de riesgo coronario.
Principales resultados:
- Se observó una tendencia lineal significativa entre los niveles basales más altos de PCR y un mayor riesgo de desarrollar hipertensión (P<.001).
- Incluso después de ajustar los factores de riesgo coronario tradicionales, la elevación de la PCR se mantuvo asociada con un mayor riesgo de hipertensión incidente.
- La asociación persistió en varios subgrupos, incluidos aquellos con presión arterial inicial baja y sin factores de riesgo tradicionales.
Conclusiones:
- Los niveles plasmáticos de proteína C reactiva están significativamente asociados con el desarrollo futuro de la hipertensión.
- Estos hallazgos apoyan la hipótesis de que la hipertensión es, en parte, un trastorno inflamatorio.
- La PCR puede servir como un valioso biomarcador para predecir el riesgo de hipertensión.
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