Morning blood pressure surge, morning platelet aggregation, and silent cerebral infarction in older Japanese hypertensive patients.
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether or not the extent of morning blood pressure surge (MBPS), defined as a morning SBP increase from sleep SBP, is associated with that of platelet aggregation, coagulation/fibrinolytic activity, and silent cerebral infarction (SCI) in older hypertensive patients. METHODS: Sixty hypertensive patients aged at least 60 years (mean age 70.6 years; 40% men) underwent measurement of morning spontaneous small-sized platelet aggregation (SPA) detected by a light scattering intensity method, measurement of circulatory levels of von-Willebrand factor (vWF), noradrenalin, and plasma renin activity (PRA), and brain MRI. RESULTS: The extent of MBPS, but not 24-h SBP, was associated with circulatory levels of noradrenalin, PRA, vWF, and spontaneous SPA (all P < 0.05); the association between MBPS and spontaneous SPA remained significant even after adjustment for significant covariates (P < 0.001). The patients with multiple (more than three per person) SCIs had a significantly greater extent of MBPS (43.3 vs. 31.8 mmHg), morning spontaneous SPA (20 471.9 vs. 4850.9 × 10(5) × 2 mV counts 10 min), and higher circulatory vWF (196.6 vs. 150.1%) compared with those without it (all P < 0.01). On multiple regression analysis, the odds ratio for multiple SCIs with a +1 SD increase of MBPS was 2.0, that of morning spontaneous SPA was 3.0, and that of circulatory morning vWF level was 3.3 (all P < 0.05). When MBPS increase and either platelet aggregation or vWF increases were entered into the same model, the latter parameters, but not the MBPS, were associated with multiple SCIs (both P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The extent of MBPS was associated with increased activity of morning platelet aggregation in older hypertensive patients.
Duke Scholars
Altmetric Attention Stats
Dimensions Citation Stats
Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- von Willebrand Factor
- Renin
- Platelet Aggregation
- Norepinephrine
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Japan
- Hypertension
- Humans
Citation
Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- von Willebrand Factor
- Renin
- Platelet Aggregation
- Norepinephrine
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Japan
- Hypertension
- Humans