Why the study?
Are 24-hour catecholamine levels associated with blood pressure in older men with and without essential hypertension?
Population
25 older men, comprising 12 elderly hypertensive subjects and 13 age-matched normotensive controls.
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
24 hours
Authors
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Epinephrine-BP correlation over 24 hours in older men is hypothesis-generating; leaves open causality and clinical relevance.
Are 24-hour catecholamine levels associated with blood pressure in older men with and without essential hypertension?
In older men, 24-hour plasma epinephrine levels, but not norepinephrine or dopamine, exhibit a circadian rhythm and are positively correlated with mean arterial blood pressure.
Stern et al. (1985) studied this question.
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