Circadian and circaseptan (about-weekly) aspects of immigrant Indians' blood pressure and heart rate in California, USA

B. Sundaram, D. C. Holley, Germaine G Cornelissen-Guillaume, D. Naik, R. Hanumansetty, R. B. Singh, K. Otsuka, F. Halberg

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Abstract

Time structurally (chronomically) interpreted half-hourly monitoring of blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) for at least 7 days and preferably for 17 days is recommended, separately for a diagnosis of BP disorders and when necessary again for the same or longer spans for treatment, whenever a positive diagnosis of a disorder is made. In this study, 30 clinically healthy subjects underwent 7-day monitoring and provided a series of findings, including the detection of Circadian Hyper-Amplitude-Tension (CHAT), that is blood pressure overswinging, which carries a high risk of hard cardiovascular events. The results specifically bear upon south-east Asian-Indian immigrants. They show that cardiovascular disease risk increases with age, with a positive family history of hypertension and/or other cardiovascular diseases and even with the duration of stay in the USA. A relation to body mass index is also shown. Such monitoring for prehabilitation may eventually reduce the need for rehabilitation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)S76-S85
JournalBiomedicine and Pharmacotherapy
Volume59
Issue numberSUPPL. 1
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2005

Keywords

  • CHAT
  • Cardiovascular disease risk
  • Immigrant Indians
  • Prehabilitation
  • Sphygmochron

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