| Heightened acute circulatory responses to smoking in women. | |
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PMID: 18608198 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Objective. Smoking, a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, may be particularly harmful to women. Sympathetic and hemodynamic responses to cigarette smoking may be implicated in the link between smoking and acute cardiovascular events. We tested the hypothesis that acute effects of smoking on cardiovascular function are potentiated in women compared with men. Methods. We examined the effects of cigarette smoking and sham smoking on muscle sympathetic nerve activity, blood pressure and heart rate in 20 female and 20 male middle-aged healthy habitual smokers. Results. Sham smoking had no effect on muscle sympathetic nerve activity, blood pressure, or heart rate. Although cigarette smoking increased average systolic blood pressure and heart rate in both females and males, systolic blood pressure increased more in women (12+/-2 mmHg) than in men (6+/-2 mmHg; p = 0.02), as did heart rate (16+/-2 beats/min in women vs 9+/-2 beats/min in men; p = 0.002). Female smokers also had greater smoking-related increases in systolic blood pressure variability compared with males (2.2+/-0.6 vs 0.4+/-0.4 mmHg, respectively; p = 0.01) and greater decreases in RR variability (-28+/-5 vs -7+/-4 ms; p = 0.002). Despite the potentiated blood pressure increase in females, which would be expected to inhibit sympathetic activity to a greater extent in females than in males, changes in muscle sympathetic nerve activity during smoking were similar in both sexes. Conclusions. Acute pressor and tachycardic effects of smoking are potentiated in women compared with men. These findings may have important implications for understanding increased vulnerability to acute cardiovascular events in women who smoke. |
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Authors:
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Dagmara Hering; Virend K Somers; Tomas Kara; Krystian Jazdzewski; Pavel Jurak; Wieslawa Kucharska; Krzysztof Narkiewicz |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Blood pressure Volume: 17 ISSN: 0803-7051 ISO Abbreviation: Blood Press. Publication Date: 2008 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-07-30 Completed Date: 2008-10-07 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9301454 Medline TA: Blood Press Country: Norway |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 141-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Blood Circulation* Blood Pressure Cardiovascular Diseases / physiopathology* Female Heart Rate Humans Male Middle Aged Muscle, Skeletal / physiopathology Sex Factors Smoking* / adverse effects Sympathetic Nervous System / physiopathology |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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HL61560/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R03 TW0 1148/TW/FIC NIH HHS |
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