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Publication: Associations of central and peripheral blood pressure with the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in healthy young adults: The African-PREDICT study
Gafane-Matemane, L.F. Mokae, N.L. Breet, Y. Poglitsch, M. Schutte, A.E.
Gafane-Matemane, L.F.
Mokae, N.L.
Breet, Y.
Poglitsch, M.
Schutte, A.E.
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This study investigated associations of brachial and central blood pressure (BP) with detailed renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) components in a healthy young population stratified according to ethnicity and sex. We included healthy black men (n = 285) and women (n = 304) and white men (n = 278) and women (n = 305) aged 20-30 years old. We derived central systolic BP (cSBP), measured clinic and 24-h systolic and diastolic BP. Aldosterone and equilibrium angiotensin levels were assessed and used for calculating angiotensin-derived markers for plasma renin activity (PRA-S, Angiotensin I + Angiotensin II), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE-S, Angiotensin II/Angiotensin I), and two markers for adrenal effects of angiotensin II, the aldosterone-to-renin ratio (ARR-S, Aldosterone/PRA-S) and the aldosterone-to-angiotensin II-ratio (AA2-R, Aldosterone/Angiotensin II). Young black men and women presented with lower RAAS components and higher cSBP compared to their white counterparts (all p ≤ 0.001). In multivariable-adjusted regression analyses, positive associations of cSBP with ARR-S and AA2-R and negative associations with PRA-S and angiotensin II were found for black women (all p ≤ 0.001); this pattern was also observed for 24-h and clinic BP (p ≤ 0.045). A similar trend of RAAS associations was present in black men but only for clinic BP (all p ≤ 0.047). In white men, negative associations between clinic SBP and PRA-S, angiotensin II and aldosterone were detected (all p ≤ 0.048). No associations were observed in white women. Positive associations of central and peripheral BP with the ratio of aldosterone to PRA-S and angiotensin II only in healthy, young black adults suggest that relative aldosterone excess may contribute to early hypertension development in this group.
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2021-04-30
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African,Aldosterone,Angiotensin II,Black,Central systolic blood pressure,Renin
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Gafane-Matemane LF, Mokae NL, Breet Y, Poglitsch M, Schutte AE. Associations of central and peripheral blood pressure with the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in healthy young adults: the African-PREDICT study. Hypertens Res. 2021 Apr;44(4):435-445. doi: 10.1038/s41440-020-00566-1. Epub 2020 Oct 30.