scholarly journals Global REACH 2018: Andean highlanders, chronic mountain sickness and the integrative regulation of resting blood pressure

2020 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia L. Simpson ◽  
Victoria L. Meah ◽  
Andrew R. Steele ◽  
Christopher Gasho ◽  
Connor A. Howe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Chronic Mountain Sickness ◽  
Resting Blood Pressure ◽  
Mountain Sickness ◽  
Global Reach

Global Reach 2018: The adaptive phenotype to life with chronic mountain sickness and polycythaemia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander B. Hansen ◽  
Gilbert Moralez ◽  
Sachin B. Amin ◽  
Lydia L. Simspon ◽  
Florian Hofstaetter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Mountain Sickness ◽  
Mountain Sickness ◽  
Global Reach

scholarly journals Office and Ambulatory Arterial Hypertension in Highlanders

Hypertension ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 1962-1970
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Bilo ◽  
Lorenzo Acone ◽  
Cecilia Anza-Ramírez ◽  
José Luis Macarlupú ◽  
Davide Soranna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Ambulatory Blood Pressure ◽  
Blood Pressure Monitoring ◽  
Blood Pressure Measurement ◽  
White Coat Hypertension ◽  
Masked Hypertension ◽  
Blood Oxygen Saturation ◽  
Chronic Mountain Sickness ◽  
Nocturnal Hypertension ◽  
Mountain Sickness

Millions of people worldwide live at high altitude, being chronically exposed to hypobaric hypoxia. Hypertension is a major cardiovascular risk factor but data on its prevalence and determinants in highlanders are limited, and systematic studies with ambulatory blood pressure monitoring are not available. Aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of clinic and ambulatory hypertension and the associated factors in a sample of Andean highlanders. Hypertension prevalence and phenotypes were assessed with office and ambulatory blood pressure measurement in a sample of adults living in Cerro de Pasco, Peru (altitude 4340 m). Basic clinical data, blood oxygen saturation, hematocrit, and Qinghai Chronic Mountain Sickness score were obtained. Participants were classified according to the presence of excessive erythrocytosis and chronic mountain sickness diagnosis. Data of 289 participants (143 women, 146 men, mean age 38.3 years) were analyzed. Office hypertension was present in 20 (7%) participants, while ambulatory hypertension was found in 58 (20%) participants. Masked hypertension was common (15%), and white coat hypertension was rare (2%). Among participants with ambulatory hypertension, the most prevalent phenotypes included isolated nocturnal hypertension, isolated diastolic hypertension, and systodiastolic hypertension. Ambulatory hypertension was associated with male gender, age, overweight/obesity, 24-hour heart rate, and excessive erythrocytosis. Prevalence of hypertension among Andean highlanders may be significantly underestimated when based on conventional blood pressure measurements, due to the high prevalence of masked hypertension. In highlanders, ambulatory hypertension may be independently associated with excessive erythrocytosis.

Gender Differences in Pain Sensitivity and Resting Blood Pressure

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne G. Helfer ◽  
Ashley D. Bugeja ◽  
Sarah E. Jackson ◽  
Elizabeth Woltja
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Pain Sensitivity ◽  
Resting Blood Pressure

System-Justifying Beliefs Moderate the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Resting Blood Pressure

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Eliezer ◽  
Sarah S. M. Townsend ◽  
Pamela J. Sawyer ◽  
Brenda Major ◽  
Wendy Berry Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
Resting Blood Pressure ◽  
The Relationship

Cynical hostility, anger, and resting blood pressure

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Spicer ◽  
Kerry Chamberlain
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Resting Blood Pressure ◽  
Cynical Hostility

scholarly journals Genomewide Linkage Scan of Resting Blood Pressure

Hypertension ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 1037-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Treva Rice ◽  
Tuomo Rankinen ◽  
Yvon C. Chagnon ◽  
Michael A. Province ◽  
Louis Pérusse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Genomewide Linkage ◽  
Resting Blood Pressure
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