Autonomic nervous system activity is independently associated with the risk of shift in the non-dipper blood pressure pattern

作者：Dauphinot Virginie^*; Gosse Philippe; Kossovsky Michel P; Schott Anne Marie; Rouch Isabelle; Pichot Vincent; Gaspoz Jean Michel; Roche Frederic; Barthelemy Jean Claude

来源：Hypertension Research, 2010, 33(10): 1032-1037.

DOI：10.1038/hr.2010.130

• ambulatory blood pressure
• heart rate variability
• non-dipper
• sympathetic nervous activity

An insufficient decrease in nocturnal blood pressure (BP) is a known factor in cardiovascular mortality. We aimed to determine whether autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity and its change over 2 years were associated with a shift to non-dipper status, independently of initial BP, in a general elderly population. From participants in the PROOF study, 600 subjects untreated for hypertension were selected (age at baseline: 65 years, men: 41.5%). Dipper/non-dipper status was defined using repeated measures of 24-h ambulatory BP at baseline and 2 years later. ANS activity was evaluated on the basis of 24-h heart rate variability at both examinations. Among the 454 dipper subjects at baseline, 26.2% became non-dippers. Multivariate analysis showed that a +1 between-subject s.d. increase in the very low frequency at baseline was associated with a decreased odds ratio for the shift to non-dipper status 2 years later (OR=0.61 [0.41-0.91], P=0.02). The within-subject change between the two measurements of day and night systolic BP and day diastolic BP also contributed significantly to the risk of shift to non-dipper status. Our results suggest that impaired ANS activity precedes an insufficient decrease in nocturnal BP independent of hypertension status. Hypertension Research (2010) 33, 1032-1037; doi:10.1038/hr.2010.130; published online 29 July 2010

• 出版日期2010-10