What question did this study set out to answer?

To define 24-hour arterial blood pressure profiles and evaluate sex-related differences and circadian patterns in healthy adolescent boys and girls across different menstrual cycle phases.

October 8, 2008MedicinaOpen Access

Characteristics of gender-related circadian arterial blood pressure in healthy adolescents

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Why the study?

Are there gender-related differences in the 24-hour circadian arterial blood pressure pattern among healthy adolescents?

Population

44 healthy adolescents. A subset or additional group of 15 girls was examined during different phases of…

Comparison

24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring vs Gender comparison (boys vs. girls)

Design

Cross-sectional

Follow-up

24 hours

Authors

ŽDŽaneta DrižienėVilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos EJEitautė JakutieneVilnius University DSDonatas StakišaitisLithuanian University of Health Sciences

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Implication

Higher nocturnal SBP in healthy adolescent boys may inform sex-specific norms; leaves open prognostic relevance in prospective cohorts.

Key Points

To define 24-hour arterial blood pressure profiles and evaluate sex-related differences and circadian patterns in healthy adolescent boys and girls across different menstrual cycle phases.
Ambulatory 24-hour blood pressure was recorded hourly using an automated outpatient cuff monitor in healthy adolescent girls (n=22) and boys (n=22).
Blood pressure was additionally evaluated in a subset of adolescent girls (n=15) across three distinct phases of the menstrual cycle: follicular, ovulation, and luteal.
Nocturnal systolic blood pressure was significantly higher in boys than in girls across all menstrual cycle phases (P<0.05), and diurnal systolic blood pressure was higher in boys than in girls during the follicular phase (P<0.05).
Blood pressure dipping was 10.02±6.7% in girls and 13±6.3% in boys, demonstrating no statistically significant difference by sex (P>0.05) or menstrual cycle phase (P>0.05).
Adolescent boys exhibited a statistically significant positive correlation between mean diurnal blood pressure and body height (P<0.05).

Structured PICO

Are there gender-related differences in the 24-hour circadian arterial blood pressure pattern among healthy adolescents?

Population

44 healthy adolescents (22 girls, 22 boys). A subset or additional group of 15 girls was examined during different phases of their menstrual cycle.

Intervention

24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Comparator

Gender comparison (boys vs. girls)

Outcome

24-hour characteristics of arterial blood pressure and its circadian patternsurrogate

Healthy adolescent boys exhibit higher nocturnal systolic blood pressure compared to girls, though both genders share similar circadian blood pressure dipping patterns.

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Drižienė et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7afbda8a3ae1c7423313ba https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina44100096

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Hypertension management Women and heart disease

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