| Title: | Effect of Systolic Blood Pressure on Left Ventricular Structure and Function |
| Journal: | Hypertension |
| Published: | 3 Sep 2019 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31476911/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.119.12679 |
Publication 8895
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Abstract
We aimed to estimate the effects of a lifelong exposure to high systolic blood pressure (SBP) on left ventricular (LV) structure and function using Mendelian randomization. A total of 5596 participants of the UK Biobank were included for whom cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and genetic data were available. Major exclusion criteria included nonwhite ethnicity, major cardiovascular disease, and body mass index >30 or <18.5 kg/m2. A genetic risk score to estimate genetically predicted SBP (gSBP) was constructed based on 107 previously established genetic variants. Manual cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging postprocessing analyses were performed in 300 individuals at the extremes of gSBP (150 highest and lowest). Multivariable linear regression analyses of imaging biomarkers were performed using gSBP as continuous independent variable. All analyses except myocardial strain were validated using previously derived imaging parameters in 2530 subjects. The mean (SD) age of the study population was 62 (7) years, and 52% of subjects were female. Corrected for age, sex, and body surface area, each 10 mm Hg increase in gSBP was significantly (P<0.0056) associated with 4.01 g (SE, 1.28; P=0.002) increase in LV mass and with 2.80% (SE, 0.97; P=0.004) increase in LV global radial strain. In the validation cohort, after correction for age, sex, and body surface area, each 10 mm Hg increase in gSBP was associated with 5.27 g (SE, 1.50; P<0.001) increase in LV mass. Our study provides a novel line of evidence for a causal relationship between SBP and increased LV mass and with increased LV global radial strain.</p>
7 Authors
- Tom Hendriks
- M Abdullah Said
- Lara M A Janssen
- M Yldau van der Ende
- Dirk J van Veldhuisen
- Niek Verweij
- Pim van der Harst
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| 12010 | Determinants of human cardiac structure and function and relation with outcome |
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