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Pulse Wave Velocity Testing in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
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血圧の年齢関連の変化の血液動力学的なパターン. フレミングハム心臓研究 (The Framingham Heart Study) が実施されている
S S Franklin1, W Gustin, N D Wong
1Heart Disease Prevention Program, University of California, Irvine 92697, USA.
Circulation
|July 1, 1997
まとめ
血圧は年齢とともに変化し,シストリック圧が上昇し,ダイアストリック圧が遅れて低下する. このパターンは,特に治療されていない高血圧では,動脈の硬さの増加を示唆します.
科学分野:
- 心血管研究に関する研究.
- 老化と生理学について
- 高血圧のメカニズム 高血圧のメカニズム
背景:
- ノルモテンシブおよび未治療の高血圧患者の年齢関連の血圧 (BP) 変化の調査.
- フレミングハム心臓研究からの集団ベースのコホートを使用しています.
- BPの変化の基礎となる血液動力学的メカニズムを推論する.
研究 の 目的:
- シストリック血圧 (SBP) とダイアストリック血圧 (DBP) の年齢関連の変化を特徴付けるため.
- 平均動脈圧 (MAP) と脈圧 (PP) を含む血液動力学的メカニズムを探求する.
- ベースラインSBPとの関係でBP追跡パターンを検証する.
主な方法:
- 2036人の参加者からの最大30年間の2年間のBPデータの分析 (試験2〜16).
- 抗高血圧薬療法の対象者を除外する.
- BP対年齢の回帰分析,ANOVAを使用してSBPグループ間の斜率と曲率の推定値を比較する.
主要な成果:
- SBP (30-84歳) の線形増加とDBPとMAPの同時上昇.
- 50-60歳以降:DBPは低下し,PPは急激に上昇し,MAPは安定した.
- 年齢に関連したBP変化,特に異なる追跡は,より高いベースラインSBPを有する個体においてより顕著でした.
結論:
- 60歳以降にDBPが遅れて,SBPが上昇すると,大動脈の硬さが増加することを示す.
- この現象は"燃え尽きた"高血圧や"選択的生存"で説明できない.
- 治療されていない高血圧は,動脈の硬さを加速させ,有害な循環を生み出します.
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