Relations of insulin sensitivity to longitudinal blood pressure tracking: variations with baseline age, body mass index, and blood pressure.
BACKGROUND
The relations of insulin sensitivity (IS) to hypertension incidence may vary according to baseline age, body mass index (BMI), and blood pressure (BP).


RESULTS
We investigated the relations of IS (insulin sensitivity index, ISI(0,120)) to 4-year incidence of hypertension and BP progression in 1933 nonhypertensive Framingham Study participants (median age, 51 years; 56% women). Analyses were stratified by age (less than versus greater than or equal to median), BMI (<25 [normal], 25 to <30 [overweight], > or =30 kg/m2 [obese]), and BP category (systolic BP> or =130 or diastolic BP> or =85, "high normal" per the sixth report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High BP [JNC-VI] versus BP<130/85 mm Hg). On follow-up, 41% of participants had BP progression (> or =1 BP stage increase) and 18% had development of hypertension (systolic BP> or =140 or diastolic BP> or =90 mm Hg or antihypertensive medication use). In younger (<51 years) people with normal BMI and baseline BP<130/85 mm Hg, the second-to-fourth ISI(0,120) quartiles were associated with lower multivariable-adjusted odds for hypertension incidence (0.27; 95% CI, 0.09 to 0.83; P<0.05) and BP progression (0.37; 95% CI, 0.18 to 0.77; P<0.01) relative to the lowest (most insulin resistant) quartile. IS was not related to BP progression or hypertension incidence in older individuals, in obese participants, or in people with BP> or =130/85 mm Hg.


CONCLUSIONS
In our large community-based sample, reduced IS predicted BP tracking principally in younger people with normal BMI and BP<130/85 mm Hg. Effect modification by age, BMI, and baseline BP may explain variation in the results of prior clinical investigations relating IS to hypertension incidence.
Arnlöv
Johan
J
Framingham Heart Study, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Pencina
Michael J
MJ
Nam
Byung-Ho
BH
Meigs
James B
JB
Fox
Caroline S
CS
Levy
Daniel
D
D'Agostino
Ralph B
RB
Vasan
Ramachandran S
RS
D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005215:Fasting; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D007328:Insulin