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Vascular inflammation and blood pressure response to acute exercise.
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PMID:  22038148     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Exaggerated blood pressure (BP) response to exercise is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease, although the mechanisms remain unknown. The purpose was to examine the association between systemic markers of vascular inflammation and exercise blood pressure (BP) responses. Participants were 191 healthy men and women (aged 45-59 years). Blood pressure was measured at baseline and during 8 min of steady state cycling ergometry exercise (at 50 W). Markers of vascular inflammation (fibrinogen, von Willebrand factor antigen, tumour necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6 [IL-6], C-reactive protein [CRP]) were measured at baseline together with other traditional risk factors including central adiposity, smoking, alcohol, and habitual physical activity. CRP (β = 0.30, p < 0.001), IL-6 (β = 0.25, p = 0.001), and fibrinogen (β = 0.14, p = 0.04) were associated with exercise systolic BP. The association with CRP remained significant after adjustment for age, sex, resting BP, and other risk factors. Other independent predictors of exercise BP included resting BP, female gender, waist-hip ratio, lower employment grade, and low physical activity level. In summary, central adiposity and vascular inflammatory processes may underlie exaggerated BP responses to acute exercise.
Authors:
Mark Hamer; Andrew Steptoe
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-10-25
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of applied physiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1439-6327     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-10-31     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100954790     Medline TA:  Eur J Appl Physiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK, m.hamer@ucl.ac.uk.
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