title: Left ventricular filling abnormalities and obesity-associated hypertension: relationship with overproduction of circulating transforming growth factor beta1.
abstract: This study has been designed to evaluate the relationship among transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) and some measurements of diastolic function in a population of hypertensive subjects with normal left ventricular ejection fraction. We studied 67 hypertensive outpatients who according to their BMI levels were subdivided into three groups: lean (L), overweight (OW) and obese (OB) hypertensives (HT). Circulating TGFbeta1 and M- and B-mode echocardiography was determined. All hypertensives were further subgrouped, according to European Society of Cardiology Guidelines, into two subsets of patients with normal diastolic function or with diastolic dysfunction. Prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) was determined in all the groups. TGFbeta1, left ventricular mass (LVM), LVM/h(2.7), E-wave deceleration time and isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT) were significantly (P < 0.005) higher and E/A velocity ratio was significantly (P < 0.05) lower in OW-HT and OB-HT than in L-HT. Prevalence of LVH was significantly higher (P < 0.03) in group OB-HT than in L-HT. TGFbeta1 (P < 0.004), LVM/h(2.7) (P < 0.001) and prevalence of LVH were (P < 0.01) significantly higher in hypertensives with diastolic dysfunction than hypertensives with normal diastolic function. TGFbeta1 levels were positively correlated with BMI (r = 0.60; P < 0.0001), LVM/h(2.7) (r = 0.28; P < 0.03), IVRT (r = 0.30; P < 0.02) and negatively with E/A ratio (r = -0.38; P < 0.002) in all HT. Multiple regression analysis indicated that TGFbeta1, BMI and IVRT were independently related to E/A ratio explaining 71% of its variability (r = 0.84; P < 0.0001). This relationship was independent of LVH, age and HR suggesting that TGFbeta1 overproduction may be considered a pathophysiological mechanism in the development of left ventricular filling abnormalities in obesity-associated hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Palermo, Italy. gaspare.parrinello@unipa.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parrinello
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Licata
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Colomba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Di Chiara
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Argano
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bologna
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Corrao
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Avellone
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scaglione
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Licata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003971:Diastole; D004452:Echocardiography; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C508960:TGFB1 protein, human; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1