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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES |
A Comparison Of Pulse Wave Velocity In Female Hypertensive Patients With Various Waist Circumference Action Levels
Dr.Mustafa YILDIZ,a Dr.Selma Arzu VARDAR,b Dr.Pınar AYKUT,c Dr.Murat İNNİCE,c Dr.Turhan KÜRÜMd
aKardiyoloji AD, Başkent Üniversitesi Araştırma ve Uygulama Hastanesi, KONYA
bFizyoloji AD, dKardiyoloji AD, Trakya Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, EDİRNE
cŞişli Etfal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, İSTANBUL
Objective: The World Health Organization and other international committees have defined various obesity categories according to waist circumference “action levels”. The purpose of our study was to compare carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) in female patients with essential hypertension in these obesity categories.
Material and Methods: Hypertensive female patients with waist circumference action levels 2 (n=52) and 1 (n=20) participated in this study. Waist circumference was measured midway between the lower rib and iliac crest. Carotid-femoral PWV was measured using an automatic device, the coplior (Createch Industrie, France).
Results: Patients with action level 2 were compared with those with action level 1, respectively. Neither PWV (12.28±2.42, 13.09±2.52 m/s; p=0.22), age (53±9.9, 58.4±10.6 years p=0.09), systolic blood pressure (151.92±13.50, 155.00±14.04 mmHg; p=0.40), diastolic blood pressure (89.32±11.11, 88.00±12.07 mmHg; p=0.67) nor heart rate (77.25±6.12, 79.65±6.36 pulse/s; p=0.15) were significantly different. The patients with action level 2 manifested higher BMI measurements than those with action level 1, as expected (29.20±3.12, 27.33±2.90; p=0.02).
Conclusion: The carotid-femoral PWV does not show significant differences between patients with waist circumference action level 1 and action level 2. These findings indicate the necessity of utilizing similar secondary preventive measures for female patients with hypertension and for those exhibiting varying levels of obesity.Keywords: Pulse wave velocity, waist circumference, hypertensionTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci 2004, 24:332-335
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