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Reduced cerebral blood flow in older men with higher levels of blood pressure.
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PMID:  20408259     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To examine relations of blood pressure (BP) with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)-derived estimates of cerebral blood flow in older men and women.
METHODS: Seventy-four stroke and dementia-free, community-dwelling older adults (ages 54-83 years; 68% men; 91% white) free of major medical, neurological, or psychiatric disease, engaged in clinical assessment of resting SBP and DBP, MRI rated for brain atrophy, and brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) studies with computerized coding of cortical and select subcortical regions of interest.
RESULTS: Given significant interactions of BP and sex with respect to multiple SPECT outcomes, sex-stratified multiple regression models were computed. Models were adjusted for age, fasting glucose levels, antihypertensive medication, BMI, and MRI ratings of brain atrophy. In men (n = 50), higher levels of SBP and/or DBP were associated significantly with lower estimates of cerebral perfusion in the right and left frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital cortex, thalamus, head of caudate, and cingulate cortex accounting for up to 28% of the variance in these measures (P < 0.05). In women (n = 24), higher DBP was related marginally to higher levels of perfusion in the right temporal cortex (P = 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Higher resting SBP or DBP was associated with lower levels of cerebral perfusion in otherwise healthy older men, but not women, in the present sample. Reduced cerebral blood flow may play a pathogenic role in increasing risk for stroke, dementia, and/or cognitive decline, particularly among older men with high BP.
Authors:
Shari R Waldstein; David M Lefkowitz; Eliot L Siegel; William F Rosenberger; Robert J Spencer; Carol F Tankard; Zorayr Manukyan; Evie J Gerber; Leslie Katzel
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of hypertension     Volume:  28     ISSN:  1473-5598     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Hypertens.     Publication Date:  2010 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-20     Completed Date:  2010-07-29     Revised Date:  2011-07-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8306882     Medline TA:  J Hypertens     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  993-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. waldstei@umbc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Atrophy
Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Brain / pathology,  radionuclide imaging
Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology*
Diastole
Female
Humans
Hypertension / pathology,  physiopathology*,  radionuclide imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Sex Characteristics
Systole
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
2R01 AG015112/AG/NIA NIH HHS; 2R01 AG015112,/AG/NIA NIH HHS; K24 AG00930/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG015112-10/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R29 AG015112-05/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R29 AG15112/AG/NIA NIH HHS
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