Detection of Midpregnancy Fall in Blood Pressure by Out-of-Office Monitoring
2008; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 53; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1161/hypertensionaha.108.125294
ISSN1524-4563
AutoresHirohito Metoki, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Yurie Sato, Maiko Kawaguchi, M Nishimura, Yumiko Watanabe, Yutaka Imai,
Tópico(s)Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
ResumoHomeHypertensionVol. 53, No. 2Detection of Midpregnancy Fall in Blood Pressure by Out-of-Office Monitoring Free AccessLetterPDF/EPUBAboutView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toFree AccessLetterPDF/EPUBDetection of Midpregnancy Fall in Blood Pressure by Out-of-Office Monitoring Hirohito Metoki Takayoshi Ohkubo Yurie Sato Maiko Kawaguchi Misato Nishimura Yumiko Watanabe Yutaka Imai Hirohito MetokiHirohito Metoki Departments of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Medical Genetics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan Takayoshi OhkuboTakayoshi Ohkubo Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Tohoku University 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Comprehensive Research and Education Center, for the Planning of Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Sendai, Japan Yurie SatoYurie Sato Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan Maiko KawaguchiMaiko Kawaguchi Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan Misato NishimuraMisato Nishimura Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan Yumiko WatanabeYumiko Watanabe Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Tohoku University Institute for International Advanced Research and Education, Sendai, Japan Yutaka ImaiYutaka Imai Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Tohoku University 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Comprehensive Research and Education Center for the Planning of Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Sendai, Japan Originally published8 Dec 2008https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.125294Hypertension. 2009;53:e12–e13Other version(s) of this articleYou are viewing the most recent version of this article. Previous versions: December 8, 2008: Previous Version 1 To the Editor:Silva et al1 have demonstrated the absence of a midpregnancy fall in diastolic blood pressure (BP) in women with a low educational level. Their previous articles also showed that maternal socioeconomic status is associated with a risk of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia.2 However, they did not demonstrate a midpregnancy fall in systolic BP in all of the educational subgroups. This might be attributable to few measurement points being obtained during pregnancy or to some other confounding factors.Ambulatory BP measurement is one way to resolve inferior results from isolated BP measurements. Hermida et al3 measured ambulatory BP in 403 pregnant women for 48 consecutive hours every 4 weeks from the first obstetric visit until delivery. They found that BP steadily decreased up to 20 weeks of pregnancy and increased up to the day of delivery. Conversely, in women with gestational hypertension and preeclampsia, BP remained stable until the 22nd week of gestation and then linearly increased for the remainder of the pregnancy.The American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association scientific statements indicate that home BP monitoring might overcome many of the limitations of traditional office BP measurements, and it is less expensive and easier to perform than ambulatory BP monitoring.4 Home BP measurements are theoretically ideal for monitoring changes in BP during pregnancy, because home measurement is the optimal way to record multiple readings taken at the same time of day over prolonged periods.4 We recently conducted a prospective observational study (Babies and Their Parents' Longitudinal Observation in Suzuki Memorial Hospital on Intrauterine Period Study), in which we averaged 100 BP measurement points during pregnancy in 101 normotensive pregnant women.5 We found that BP during pregnancy is associated with both seasonal effects and gestational age. We found that the gestational week when BP reached the nadir differed according to the season in which delivery was predicted.As Silva et al1 commented in their Discussion, the absence of a midpregnancy fall in BP is reportedly associated with preeclampsia, according to a population study, and may be a sign of latent endothelial dysfunction. However, the amplitude of the fall in midpregnancy BP seems smaller than that of circadian, daily, and seasonal BP variations. Home BP measurement would be a good tool with which to detect such small changes in BP during early pregnancy.Sources of FundingThis study was supported by Grants for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan, and by a Grant-in-Aid for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellows.DisclosuresNone.1 Silva LM, Coolman M, Steegers EAP, Jaddoe VWV, Moll HA, Hofman A, Mackenbach JP, Raat H. No midpregnancy fall in diastolic blood pressure in women with a low educational level: the Generation R Study. Hypertension. 2008; 52: 645–651.LinkGoogle Scholar2 Silva LM, Coolman M, Steegers EAP, Jaddoe VWV, Moll HA, Hofman A, Mackenbach JP, Raat H. Low socioeconomic status is a risk factor for preeclampsia. The Generation R Study. J Hypertens. 2008; 26: 1200–1208.CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3 Hermida RC, Ayala DE, Iglesias M. Predictable blood pressure variability in healthy and complicated pregnancies. Hypertension. 2001; 38: 736–741.CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4 Pickering TG, Miller NH, Ogedegbe G, Krakoff LR, Artinian NT, Goff D. Call to action on use and reimbursement for home blood pressure monitoring: a joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. Hypertension. 2008; 52: 10–29.LinkGoogle Scholar5 Metoki H, Ohkubo T, Watanabe Y, Nishimura M, Sato Y, Kawaguchi M, Hara A, Hirose T, Obara T, Asayama K, Kikuya M, Yagihashi K, Matsubara Y, Okamura K, Mori S, Suzuki M and Imai Y, and the BOSHI Study Group. Seasonal trends of blood pressure during pregnancy in Japan: the Babies and their Parents' Longitudinal Observation in Suzuki Memorial Hospital on Intrauterine Period Study. J Hypertens. 2008; 26: 2406–2413.CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Previous Back to top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited By Mi B, Wen X, Li S, Liu D, Lei F, Liu X, Wang D, Li X, Shittu A, Dang S and Yan H (2020) Parameterization of the mid-trimester drop in blood pressure trajectory during pregnancy and its utility for predicting preeclampsia, Journal of Hypertension, 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002395, 38:7, (1355-1366), Online publication date: 1-Jul-2020. 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Silva L, Steegers E, Burdorf A, Jaddoe V, Arends L, Hofman A, Mackenbach J and Raat H (2008) Response to Detection of Midpregnancy Fall in Blood Pressure by Out-of-Office Monitoring, Hypertension, 53:2, (e14-e14), Online publication date: 1-Feb-2009. February 2009Vol 53, Issue 2 Advertisement Article InformationMetrics https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.125294PMID: 19064813 Originally publishedDecember 8, 2008 PDF download Advertisement SubjectsClinical Studies
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