The peak of nocturnal blood pressure surge in seconds was significantly associated with left ventricular mass index (standardized β = 0.62, p=0.02), outperforming conventional mean nocturnal systolic blood pressure.
Cross-Sectional (n=41)
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Does the peak of nocturnal blood pressure surge in seconds (sec-surge) better predict left ventricular mass index compared to conventional nocturnal oscillometric blood pressure in patients with hypertension or sleep apnea?
The peak of nocturnal blood pressure surge in seconds (sec-surge) is a strong, independent predictor of left ventricular mass index, outperforming conventional mean nocturnal systolic blood pressure.
Effect estimate: standardized β = 0.62
p-value: p=0.02
Nocturnal blood pressure (BP) surge in seconds (sec-surge), which is characterized as acute transient BP elevation over several tens of seconds, could be a predictor of target organ damage. However, it is not clear that the severity of sec-surge is different between sec-surges induced by sleep apnea (SA) (apnea/hypopnea detected by polysomnography (PSG) or oxygen desaturation) and those induced by non-SA factors (rapid eye movement, micro arousal, etc.), and sec-surge variables associate with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) independently of conventional BP variables. The authors assessed these points with 41 patients (mean age 63.2±12.6 years, 29% female) who underwent full PSG, beat-by-beat (BbB) BP, and cuff-oscillometric BP measurement during the night. All patients were included for the analysis comparing sec-surge severity between inducing factors (SA and non-SA factors). There were no significant differences in the number of sec-surges/night between SA-related sec-surges and non-SA-related sec-surges (19.5±26.0 vs. 16.4±29.8 events/night). There were also no significant differences in the peak of sec-surges, defined as the maximum systolic BPs (SBPs) in each sec-surge, between SA-related sec-surges and non-SA-related sec-surges (148.2±18.5 vs. 149.3±19.2 mm Hg). Furthermore, as a result of multiple regression analysis (n = 18), the peak of sec-surge was significantly and strongly associated with the left ventricular mass index (standardized β = 0.62, p = .02), compared with the mean nocturnal SBPs measured by oscillometric method (β = -0.04, p = .87). This study suggests that peak of sec-surge could be a better predictor of LVH compared to parameters derived from regular nocturnal oscillometric SBP.
Kokubo et al. (Tue,) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension or suspected sleep apnea (n=41). Peak of nocturnal blood pressure surge in seconds (sec-surge) vs. Mean nocturnal systolic blood pressure was evaluated on Left ventricular mass index (LVMI) (standardized β = 0.62, p=0.02). The peak of nocturnal blood pressure surge in seconds was significantly associated with left ventricular mass index (standardized β = 0.62, p=0.02), outperforming conventional mean nocturnal systolic blood pressure.