Key result
24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children and adolescents with Duchenne muscular dystrophy revealed attenuated nocturnal systolic blood pressure dipping in approximately 53% of patients.
Cohort (n=46)
Children and adolescents with Duchenne muscular dystrophy show a high prevalence of abnormal circadian blood pressure patterns, particularly attenuated or reverse nocturnal dipping, suggesting a role for early screening.
May support ambulatory BP screening in Duchenne muscular dystrophy youth; leaves open whether intervention improves outcomes.
BACKGROUND: Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-chromosome-linked genetic disorder (locus Xp21). Involvement of the cardiovascular system is characterized by fibrous degeneration/replacement of myocytes with consequent ventricular hypertrophy and arterial hypertension. OBJECTIVE: To assess, by using 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, the behavior of blood pressure variables in children and adolescents with a confirmed diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. METHODS: Prospective observational cohort study, which selected 46 patients followed up on an outpatient basis, divided according to age groups. Blood pressure was classified according to the age percentile. The monitoring interpretation includes systolic and diastolic blood pressure means, systolic and diastolic blood pressure loads, and nocturnal dipping. The blood pressure means were calculated for the 24-hour, wakefulness and sleep periods. Nocturnal dipping was defined as a drop in blood pressure means during sleep greater than 10%. The significance level adopted was p < 0.05. RESULTS: Nocturnal dipping for systolic blood pressure was present in 29.9% of the participants. Approximately 53% of them had attenuated nocturnal dipping, and 15%, reverse nocturnal dipping. The age groups of 9-11 years and 6-8 years had the greatest percentage of attenuation, 19.1% and 14.9%, respectively. Regarding diastolic blood pressure, nocturnal dipping was identified in 53.2% of the children, being extreme in 27.7% of those in the age group of 6-11 years. CONCLUSIONS: The early diagnosis of blood pressure changes can allow the appropriate and specific therapy, aimed at increasing the life expectancy of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Marui et al. (2018) conducted a cohort in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (n=46). Duchenne muscular dystrophy was evaluated on Nocturnal dipping for systolic blood pressure. 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children and adolescents with Duchenne muscular dystrophy revealed attenuated nocturnal systolic blood pressure dipping in approximately 53% of patients.
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