What question did this study set out to answer?

To evaluate the relationship between pulse pressure and left ventricular mass across different age and sex groups in untreated mild to moderate hypertension.

January 1, 2002Blood PressureOpen Access

The Effect of Age on the Relationship of Pulse Pressure and Left Ventricular Mass in Untreated Patients with Mild to Moderate Hypertension

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Why the study?

Does age and gender affect the relationship between pulse pressure and left ventricular mass in untreated mild to moderate hypertensive patients?

Population

211 patients aged 18-65 years, 56% males, with untreated mild to moderate hypertension.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

PAPedro ArmarioHospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi RRR. Hernández del ReyGobierno de Aragón MMMontserrat Martín‐BaraneraUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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Implication

May support age- and sex-specific PP-LVM links in hypertension; leaves open prospective validation before risk stratification use.

Key Points

To evaluate the relationship between pulse pressure and left ventricular mass across different age and sex groups in untreated mild to moderate hypertension.
Enrolled 211 untreated patients aged 18–65 years (56% male) with mild to moderate hypertension.
Obtained 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure recordings in 204 patients and adequate-quality echocardiograms in 174 patients to assess pulse pressure and left ventricular mass.
Left ventricular mass significantly correlated with both clinical pulse pressure (r = 0.17, p = 0.024) and 24-hour ambulatory pulse pressure (r = 0.18, p = 0.016).
Hypertensive subjects younger than 30 exhibited significantly higher office and ambulatory pulse pressure, displaying the strongest correlations with left ventricular mass.
Sex stratification revealed that the correlation between pulse pressure and left ventricular mass was significant in men but completely absent in women across all age groups.

Structured PICO

Does age and gender affect the relationship between pulse pressure and left ventricular mass in untreated mild to moderate hypertensive patients?

Population

211 patients aged 18-65 years, 56% males, with untreated mild to moderate hypertension.

Outcome

Relationship between left ventricular mass (LVM) and pulse pressure (PP)surrogate

The correlation between left ventricular mass and pulse pressure is stronger in younger male hypertensive patients, but not in females.

Cite This Study

Armario et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0fd0329e54838161fd39ce https://doi.org/10.1080/080370502753543909

Topics

Hypertension management

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The Effect of Age on the Relationship of Pulse Pressure and Left Ventricular Mass in Untreated Patients with Mild to Moderate Hypertension

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