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Association of Stroke with Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index (AASI) in Hypertensive Patients

Ting-Yan XuState Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Vascular Biology, Vascular Evaluation Center and Department of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai, China
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Yan LiState Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Vascular Biology, Vascular Evaluation Center and Department of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai, China
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Ya-Qiong WangState Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Vascular Biology, Vascular Evaluation Center and Department of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai, China
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Yan-Xiu LiState Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Vascular Biology, Vascular Evaluation Center and Department of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai, China
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Yi ZhangState Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Vascular Biology, Vascular Evaluation Center and Department of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai, China
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Ding-Liang ZhuState Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Vascular Biology, Vascular Evaluation Center and Department of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai, China
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Ping-Jin GaoState Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Vascular Biology, Vascular Evaluation Center and Department of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai, China;Laboratory of Vascular Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 304-308 | Received 24 Jun 2010, Accepted 01 Oct 2010, Published online: 01 Jul 2011
 
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Abstract

The ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) predicted stroke in hypertensive patients and in the general populations. However, no similar data was available in Chinese. In the present study, we sought confirmation that Chinese hypertensive patients with a history of stroke would have an elevated AASI. We retrospectively analyzed the data of 156 hypertensive outpatients (60.9 % men; mean age, 61.5 years) and 582 inpatients (63.6 % men; 58.6 years) of the Hypertension Department at Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai, China. The AASI was calculated as 1 − the regression slope of diastolic blood pressure (DBP) on systolic blood pressure (SBP) in individual 24-h ambulatory recordings. With adjustment applied for sex, age, body mass index (BMI), the 24-h mean arterial pressure, and other cardiovascular risk factors, AASI was higher in patients with a history of stroke than in patients without stroke in both outpatient (0.51 ± 0.02 vs. 0.47 ± 0.01; P = 0.050) and inpatient (0.46 ± 0.01 vs. 0.44 ± 0.01; P = 0.031) cohorts. The odds ratio (OR) for a history of stroke associated with a 1-SD increase in AASI was 1.63 (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.01–2.62; P = 0.046) in outpatients, 1.32 (1.01–1.74; P = 0.046) in inpatients, and 1.30 (1.05–1.62; P = 0.018) in two patient cohorts combined (n = 738) after multivariate adjustment including the night-to-day ratio of SBP. Our findings suggest that Chinese hypertensive patients with a history of stroke, compared to those without such history, have stiffer arteries, as exemplified by a higher AASI.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (30670832, 30870941), National Key Project for Basic Research (2004CB518603, 2006CB503804, 2009CB521905), National High-Tech R&D Program (2006AA02Z179), and a grant from the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission (08JC141740008DZ2200400, 08410702400). Dr. Yan Li was supported by Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities (NCET-09-0544) from the Chinese Ministry of Education and by the Dawn Project (08SG20) from the Shanghai Commission of Education.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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