(Hypertension. 2000;36:245.)
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Close Relationship of Abnormal Glucose Tolerance With Endothelial Dysfunction in Hypertension
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology (H. Tomiyama, M.A., H. Yoshida, N.D.) and Endocrinology (R.O.), and Department of Central Laboratory (Y. Kimura, S.K., T. Kinouchi), Teikyo University School of Medicine, Ichihara Hospital; Department of Cardiology, Surugadai Nihon University Hospital (T. Kushiro); and Third Department of Internal Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine (Y. Kuwabara), Chiba, Japan.
Abstract—Hypertension is frequently accompanied by left ventricular hypertrophy, endothelial dysfunction, and abnormal glucose metabolism. However, no study has examined the relative pathological significance of left ventricular hypertrophy and abnormal glucose metabolism on endothelial dysfunction in hypertension. This study was conducted to evaluate whether abnormal glucose tolerance assessed by 75-g oral glucose tolerance test or left ventricular hypertrophy is more closely associated with endothelial dysfunction in never-treated hypertensive patients without elevated fasting blood glucose. We studied 107 unmedicated hypertensive patients (mean age, 54±10 years) whose fasting blood glucose was <7.0 mmol/L. Endothelial function was assessed by change in brachial artery diameter in response to reactive hyperemia, and left ventricular mass index was determined by ultrasonography. Simple linear regression analysis demonstrated that endothelial function significantly correlated with left ventricular mass index and 2-hour blood glucose in 75-g oral glucose tolerance test, but not with fasting blood glucose. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that endothelial function significantly correlated with 2-hour blood glucose (ß=-2.68, P<0.05) after we controlled for other clinical variables. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to 2-hour blood glucose levels. Endothelial function was more impaired in patients with diabetes (n=12; 4.7±1.8%) and in those with impaired glucose tolerance (n=31; 6.3±2.9%) than in those with normal glucose tolerance (n=64; 8.4±4.5%) (P<0.05), but left ventricular mass index was similar in these 3 groups. Abnormal glucose tolerance assessed by 75-g oral glucose tolerance test, rather than left ventricular hypertrophy, may have direct pathophysiological relevance to endothelial dysfunction in borderline to moderate hypertensive patients.
Key Words: hyperglycemia • hypertrophy, left ventricular • endothelium • glucose
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