title: Heredity and hypertension: impact on metabolic characteristics.
abstract: This study was performed to evaluate the possible role of heredity in the clinical characteristics of hypertension. Metabolic, endocrine, and renal measurements were compared in subjects with normal blood pressure who had a family history of hypertension (n = 60) with those of subjects with normal blood pressure who did not have a family history of hypertension (n = 48). The groups were matched for age (mean, 44 +/- 2 years and 45 +/- 2 years) and blood pressure (127 +/- 1/77 +/- 1 mm Hg and 127 +/- 2/77 +/- 1 mm Hg). The following parameters were higher in the patients with a family history of hypertension than in those without. Plasma insulin concentrations (14.1 +/- 1.1 vs 10.8 +/- 1.0 microU/ml; p less than 0.05), insulin-glucose ratio (0.15 +/- 0.01 vs 0.11 +/- 0.010; p less than 0.05), norepinephrine concentrations (315 +/- 24 pg/ml vs 208 +/- 20 pg/ml; p less than 0.01), plasma renin activity (2.1 +/- 0.2 ng Angl/ml/hr vs 1.6 +/- 0.2 ng Angl/ml/hr; p less than 0.02), total cholesterol levels (217 +/- 8 mg/dl vs 197 +/- 0.3 mg/dl; p less than 0.05), creatinine clearance (125 +/- 9 ml/min vs 96 +/- 8 ml/min; p less than 0.01), and albumin excretion rate (3.2 +/- 0.3 micrograms/min vs 2.6 +/- 0.3 micrograms/min; p = 0.1). Moreover, patients with a family history of hypertension had smaller increases in systolic blood pressure during treadmill exercise (55 +/- 3 mm Hg vs 64 +/- 3 mm Hg; p less than 0.03). There were no differences in echocardiographic left ventricular mass index between the groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Hypertension Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach 90822.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Neutel
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Graettinger
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Winer
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000235:genetics; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D008055:Lipids; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine