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(Hypertension. 1995;26:1195-1199.)
© 1995 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Relationship Between Systemic Hemodynamics and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Level Are Sex Dependent

José Alfie; Gabriel D. Waisman; Carlos R. Galarza; Marissa I. Magi; Federico Vasvari; L. Marcelo Mayorga; Mario I. Cámera

From Unidad de Hipertension Arterial, Servicio de Clinica Medica, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Correspondence to José Alfie, MD, Unidad de Hipertension Arterial, Servicio de Clinica Medica, Hospital Italiano, Gascon 450 (1181), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Abstract Sex-related differences in systemic hemodynamics were analyzed by means of cardiac index and systemic vascular resistance according to the level of daytime ambulatory blood pressure. In addition, we assessed the relations between ambulatory blood pressure measurements and systemic hemodynamics in male and female patients. We prospectively included 52 women and 53 men referred to our unit for evaluation of arterial hypertension. Women and men were grouped according to the level of daytime mean arterial pressure: <110 or 110 mm Hg. Patients underwent noninvasive evaluation of resting hemodynamics (impedance cardiography) and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Compared with women men with lower daytime blood pressure had a 12% higher systemic vascular resistance index (P=NS) and a 14% lower cardiac index (P<.02), whereas men with higher daytime blood pressure had a 25% higher vascular resistance (P<.003) and a 21% lower cardiac index (P<.0004). Furthermore, in men systemic vascular resistance correlated positively with both daytime and nighttime systolic and diastolic blood pressures, whereas cardiac index correlated negatively only with daytime diastolic blood pressure. In contrast, women did not exhibit any significant correlation between hemodynamic parameters and ambulatory blood pressure measurements. In conclusion, sex-related differences in systemic hemodynamics were more pronounced in the group with higher daytime hypertension. The relations between systemic hemodynamics and ambulatory blood pressure level depended on the sex of the patient. In men a progressive circulatory impairment underlies the increasing level of ambulatory blood pressure, but this was not observed in women.

Key Words: blood pressure, ambulatory • blood pressure measurement • cardiac output • sex • resistance, vascular

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