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若年成人における非正常なエピネフリン放出は,個人の高血圧および親の高血圧を有する若年成人における非正常なエピネフリン放出である
S B Harrap1, R Fraser, G C Inglis
1Medical Research Council Blood Pressure Unit, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK. s.harrap@physiology.unimelb.edu.au
Circulation
|July 15, 1997
まとめ
若年成人における高血圧 (BP) は,体重とインスリン濃度の増加と関連しており,ライフスタイル要因を反映しています. 独特のエピネフリン反応は,高血圧と家族歴を持つ人々の遺伝子と環境の影響の組み合わせを示しています.
科学分野:
- 心血管生理学 心血管の生理学
- メタボリックシンドロームとは
- 高血圧の研究 高血圧の研究
背景:
- 交感神経系の活動が高血圧に関与している.
- ダイエットと体重は,高血圧 (BP) に潜在的に寄与する要因です.
- この研究では,定義されたBP歴のある家族からの若い成人のBP傾向を調査しました.
研究 の 目的:
- 高血圧への予備性における食事と体重の役割を決定する.
- 交感神経系の活動とBPとの関係を調べる.
- 高血圧に影響を与える遺伝的および環境的要因を調査する.
主な方法:
- 高血圧または低血圧と既知の親の血圧を持つ100人の若い成人を研究しました.
- 計測されたプラズマカテキオラミン,グルコース,およびインスリン濃度,口前および口後グルコース負荷.
- 家族歴を考慮して,生理学的マーカーとBPの相関関係を分析しました.
主要な成果:
- 断食時のプラズマノレピネフリンは,平均動脈圧と有意に相関していた.
- 高血圧の個人は,より重く,より肥満で,グルコース後インスリン値がより高くなりました.
- 高血圧と高血圧の親の病歴を持つ子孫は,高血圧後のエピネフリンの異常な上昇を示した.
結論:
- 高血圧は体重増加と高インスリン血症に関連しており,個人の環境と行動を反映しています.
- 家族歴のある高血圧患者の異常なエピネフリン放出は,遺伝的,環境的,行動的要因の組み合わせを示唆しています.
- 個人的な環境と行動は,家族歴とは無関係に高血圧に大きく影響します.
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