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

Biomed Pharmacother. 2005 Oct;59 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S76-85. doi: 10.1016/s0753-3322(05)80014-9.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aging / physiology
  • Asian
  • Blood Pressure / physiology*
  • Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
  • Body Mass Index
  • California / epidemiology
  • Chronobiology Phenomena*
  • Circadian Rhythm / physiology*
  • Female
  • Heart Rate / physiology*
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • India / ethnology
  • Male
  • Periodicity*
  • Regression Analysis