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Lack of Circadian Variation of Pulse Wave Velocity Measurements in Healthy Volunteers

2010; Wiley; Volume: 13; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00381.x

ISSN

1751-7176

Autores

Luciano F. Drager, Luzia Diegues‐Silva, Patricia Martini Diniz, Geraldo Lorenzi‐Filho, Eduardo Moacyr Krieger, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto,

Tópico(s)

Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring

Resumo

Arterial stiffness is an independent marker of cardiovascular events. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a validated method to detect arterial stiffness that can be influenced by several factors including age and blood pressure. However, it is not clear whether PWV could be influenced by circadian variations. In the present study, the authors measured blood pressure and carotid‐femoral PWV measurements in 15 young healthy volunteers in 4 distinct periods: 8 am , noon, 4 pm, and 8 pm . No significant variations of systolic (P=.92), mean (P=.77), and diastolic (P=.66) blood pressure among 8 am (113±15, 84±8, 69±6 mm Hg), noon (114±13, 83±8, 68±6 mm Hg), 4 pm (114±13, 85±8, 70±7 mm Hg), and 8 pm (113±7, 83±10, 68±7 mm Hg), respectively, were observed. Similarly, carotid‐femoral PWV did not change among the periods (8 am : 7.6±1.4 m/s, noon: 7.4±1.1 m/s, 4 pm : 7.6±1.0 m/s, 8 pm , 7.6±1.3 m/s; P=.85). Considering all measurements, mean blood pressure significantly correlated with PWV (r=.31; P=.016). In young healthy volunteers, there is no significant circadian variation of carotid‐femoral PWV. These findings support the concept that it does not appear mandatory to perform PWV measurements at exactly the same period of the day. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2011;13:19–22. ©2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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