Key result
Both borderline hypertension and physical training were associated with significantly greater left ventricular mass index and carotid intima-media thickness compared to normotensive controls.
Why the study?
Do structural and functional changes in the left ventricle and carotid arteries differ between young borderline hypertensives and athletes?
Population
42 subjects including 14 normotensive subjects, 14 borderline hypertensives, and 14 Japanese wrestling…
Comparison
Borderline hypertension and athletic training vs Normotensive control subjects
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Carotid IMT may help differentiate hypertensive from physiological LVH; leaves open causal confirmation in prospective studies.
Cross-Sectional (n=42)
Do structural and functional changes in the left ventricle and carotid arteries differ between young borderline hypertensives and athletes?
Both borderline hypertension and athletic training induce parallel increases in left ventricular mass and carotid intima-media thickness, but physiological hypertrophy in athletes maintains normal diastolic filling unlike the pathological pattern in hypertensives.
Cuspidi et al. (1996) conducted a cross-sectional in Borderline hypertension and physiological left ventricular hypertrophy (n=42). Borderline hypertension and physical training vs. Normotensive subjects was evaluated on Left ventricular mass index and intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery. Both borderline hypertension and physical training were associated with significantly greater left ventricular mass index and carotid intima-media thickness compared to normotensive controls.
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