TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability in Early Adulthood and Myocardial Structure and Function in Later Life
AU - Nwabuo, Chike C.
AU - Yano, Yuichiro
AU - Moreira, Henrique T.
AU - Appiah, Duke
AU - Vasconcellos, Henrique D.
AU - Aghaji, Queen N.
AU - Viera, Anthony
AU - Rana, Jamal S.
AU - Shah, Ravi V.
AU - Murthy, Venkatesh L.
AU - Allen, Norrina B.
AU - Schreiner, Pamela J.
AU - Lloyd-Jones, Donald M.
AU - Lima, João A.C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Importance: Long-term blood pressure (BP) variability has emerged as a reproducible measure that is associated with heart failure independent of systemic BP. Visit-to-visit BP variability may be associated with the risk of heart failure early in the life course and thus may be reflected in subclinical alterations in cardiac structure and function.Objective: To evaluate the association between visit-to-visit BP variability in early adulthood and myocardial structure and function in middle age.Design, Setting, and Participants: This cohort study used data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, a community-based cohort study of 5115 participants aged 18 to 30 years at baseline (year 0; March 25, 1985, to June 7, 1986) and followed up over a 30-year interval. A total of 2400 CARDIA study participants underwent evaluation at 4 field sites (Birmingham, Alabama; Oakland, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Minneapolis, Minnesota). Blood pressure was measured at 8 visits over a 25-year interval and participants received echocardiograms at year 25 (June 1, 2010, to August 31, 2011). Data analysis was conducted from June 7, 1986, to August 31, 2011.Exposures: Visit-to-visit systolic and diastolic BP variability measures included SD, average real variability, and variability independent of the mean.Main Outcomes and Measures: Echocardiographic indices of myocardial structure, systolic function, and diastolic function at the year 25 examination.Results: Of the 2400 participants, 1024 were men (42.7%) and 976 were African American (40.7%); mean (SD) age at the year 25 examination was 50.4 (3.6) years. Per 1-SD increment, greater visit-to-visit systolic BP variability independent of the mean was associated with higher left-ventricular (LV) mass index (β [SE], 2.66 [0.4] g/m2, P < .001), worse diastolic function (early peak diastolic mitral annular velocity [é]) (β [SE], -0.40 [0.1] cm/s, P < .001), higher LV filling pressures (mitral inflow velocity to early diastolic mitral annular velocity [E/é]) β [SE], 0.37 [0.1] cm/s, P < .001), and worse global longitudinal strain (β [SE], 0.17 [0.1], P = .002). Similarly, greater visit-to-visit diastolic BP variability was associated with higher LV mass index (β [SE], 3.21 [0.5] g/m2, P < .001), worse diastolic function (é: β [SE], -0.24 [0.1] cm/s [P < .001]; E/é: β [SE], 0.23 [0.1] cm/s [P < .001]), and worse global longitudinal strain (β [SE], 0.13 [0.1], P = .02). The findings remained consistent when other BP variability measures were used (SD and average real variability).Conclusions and Relevance: In this cohort study using data from the CARDIA study, greater visit-to-visit systolic and diastolic BP variability have been associated with adverse alterations in cardiac structure as well as systolic and diastolic function independent of mean BP levels.
AB - Importance: Long-term blood pressure (BP) variability has emerged as a reproducible measure that is associated with heart failure independent of systemic BP. Visit-to-visit BP variability may be associated with the risk of heart failure early in the life course and thus may be reflected in subclinical alterations in cardiac structure and function.Objective: To evaluate the association between visit-to-visit BP variability in early adulthood and myocardial structure and function in middle age.Design, Setting, and Participants: This cohort study used data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, a community-based cohort study of 5115 participants aged 18 to 30 years at baseline (year 0; March 25, 1985, to June 7, 1986) and followed up over a 30-year interval. A total of 2400 CARDIA study participants underwent evaluation at 4 field sites (Birmingham, Alabama; Oakland, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Minneapolis, Minnesota). Blood pressure was measured at 8 visits over a 25-year interval and participants received echocardiograms at year 25 (June 1, 2010, to August 31, 2011). Data analysis was conducted from June 7, 1986, to August 31, 2011.Exposures: Visit-to-visit systolic and diastolic BP variability measures included SD, average real variability, and variability independent of the mean.Main Outcomes and Measures: Echocardiographic indices of myocardial structure, systolic function, and diastolic function at the year 25 examination.Results: Of the 2400 participants, 1024 were men (42.7%) and 976 were African American (40.7%); mean (SD) age at the year 25 examination was 50.4 (3.6) years. Per 1-SD increment, greater visit-to-visit systolic BP variability independent of the mean was associated with higher left-ventricular (LV) mass index (β [SE], 2.66 [0.4] g/m2, P < .001), worse diastolic function (early peak diastolic mitral annular velocity [é]) (β [SE], -0.40 [0.1] cm/s, P < .001), higher LV filling pressures (mitral inflow velocity to early diastolic mitral annular velocity [E/é]) β [SE], 0.37 [0.1] cm/s, P < .001), and worse global longitudinal strain (β [SE], 0.17 [0.1], P = .002). Similarly, greater visit-to-visit diastolic BP variability was associated with higher LV mass index (β [SE], 3.21 [0.5] g/m2, P < .001), worse diastolic function (é: β [SE], -0.24 [0.1] cm/s [P < .001]; E/é: β [SE], 0.23 [0.1] cm/s [P < .001]), and worse global longitudinal strain (β [SE], 0.13 [0.1], P = .02). The findings remained consistent when other BP variability measures were used (SD and average real variability).Conclusions and Relevance: In this cohort study using data from the CARDIA study, greater visit-to-visit systolic and diastolic BP variability have been associated with adverse alterations in cardiac structure as well as systolic and diastolic function independent of mean BP levels.
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U2 - 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0799
DO - 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0799
M3 - Article
C2 - 32293640
AN - SCOPUS:85083647054
SN - 2380-6583
VL - 5
SP - 795
EP - 801
JO - JAMA cardiology
JF - JAMA cardiology
IS - 7
ER -