title: Relationship between body mass index and blood pressure elevation during electroconvulsive therapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) elevation during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive epidemiological study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Operating room of a university-affiliated hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients who received ECT at the Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital from May 2005 to March 2009.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients received routine ECT treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systolic BP (SBP) elevation during ECT, BMI, baseline SBP, age, electroencephalographic seizure duration, ECT stimulating dose, diagnosis, and gender were all recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with higher BMI tended to have greater SBP elevation after ECT. There was no correlation between elevated SBP and other factors. The degree of elevation of SBP after ECT was linearly related to BMI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BMI correlates with BP elevation during ECT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Ebisu 2-34-10, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan. stakagi@ncnp.go.jp
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Atsuo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult