Key result
Essential hypertension was not associated with significant differences in resting muscle sympathetic activity or plasma noradrenaline levels compared to normotensive subjects after adjusting for age.
Why the study?
Do resting muscle sympathetic activity and plasma noradrenaline levels differ between normotensive and hypertensive subjects?
Population
20 normotensive subjects and 18 patients with essential hypertension (n=38)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Does not support sympathetic overactivity as a feature of essential hypertension; leaves open age-independent roles in pathogenesis.
Cross-Sectional (n=38)
Do resting muscle sympathetic activity and plasma noradrenaline levels differ between normotensive and hypertensive subjects?
Resting muscle sympathetic activity and plasma noradrenaline levels do not significantly differ between normotensive and hypertensive individuals when adjusted for age.
Mörlin et al. (1983) conducted a cross-sectional in Essential hypertension (n=38). Essential hypertension vs. Normotension was evaluated on Muscle sympathetic activity and plasma noradrenaline levels. Essential hypertension was not associated with significant differences in resting muscle sympathetic activity or plasma noradrenaline levels compared to normotensive subjects after adjusting for age.
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