The relationship between the prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension and the stages of chronic kidney disease in chronic kidney disease outpatient clinic / 中华肾脏病杂志

Objective To investigate the relationship between the prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) and the stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in chronic kidney disease outpatient clinic.Methods CKD patients of stages 1,2,3,4 and 5 were recruited (n=626).Based on office systolic pressure (SBP) and diastolic pressure (DBP),they were classified into four subtypes:normotension (＜ 140/90 mmHg),isolated diastolic hypertension (IDH,SBP ＜ 140 mmHg and DBP ≥ 90 mmHg),ISH (SBP≥ 140 mmHg and DBP ＜ 90 mmHg) and systolic-diastolic hypertension (SDH,SBP≥140 mmHg and DBP≥90 mmHg).Results The control rate of blood pressure was 86.4％,75.6％,65.3％,51.0％ and 37.0％ at CKD stage 1,2,3,4 and 5,respectively,which decreased with the advancement of CKD.There was a stepwise increase in the prevalence of ISH (0,9.2％,23.9％,28.6％ and 37.0％ at CKD stage 1,2,3,4 and 5,respectively) and SDH (4.5％,8.4％,8.0％,17.3％,21.9％ at CKD stage 1,2,3,4 and 5,respectively).Logistic regression analysis showed that age,diabetes and CKD stages were independent predictors of ISH.Compared with CKD stage 1-2,CKD stage 3,4 and 5 showed 2.388,2.697 and 5.980 folds risk in developing ISH.Conclusion The prevalence of ISH increases correspondingly with the advancement of stages of CKD,which may partially contribute to the increased cardiovascular mortality during the progress of CKD.

The study of aortic stiffness in different hypertension subtypes in patients with chronic kidney disease / 中华肾脏病杂志

Objective To investigate whether there is any difference in aortic stiffness among different hypertension subtypes in patients with chronic kidney disease.Methods Six hundred and twenty-six patients with chronic kidney disease were included in the present analysis.They were classified into four groups:normotension (n =391) with systolic blood pressure (SBP) ＜ 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ＜ 90 mmHg; isolated systolic hypertension (ISH,n =141) with SBP≥ 140mmHg and DBP ＜ 90 mmHg; isolated diastolic hypertension (IDH,n =25) with SBP ＜ 140 mmHg and DBP≥ 90 mmHg; systolic-diastolic hypertension (SDH,n =69) with SBP≥ 140 mmHg and DBP≥ 90mmHg.Aortic stiffness was assessed by pulse pressure and pulse wave velocity.Results The IDH group had lower mean age than the other groups(P ＜ 0.01).The percentage of diabetes in the ISH group was higher than that in the other groups.The comparison of aortic stiffness showed that the ISH and SDH groups had higher aortic stiffness than the normotension and IDH groups (P ＜ 0.01),but no significant difference in aortic stiffness was observed neither between the normotension and IDH groups nor between ISH and SDH groups.Conclusion Aortic stiffness is significantly different among different hypertension subtypes,which may be an underlying cause for the different cardiovascular mortality among the hypertension subtypes.

Study on influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Pinellia ternata yield and chemical composition / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to Pinellia ternata leaf index, propagation coefficient, tuber yield and chemical composition.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The Pinellia ternata leaf length, width, plant height and leafstalk diameter were measured during growing time till P. ternata loded. The leaf index was calculated and the tuber yield were measured after harvest. The contents of guanosine was determined by HPLC method, and the alkaloid contents were determined by spectrophotometric method.</p><p><b>RESULT AND CONCLUSION</b>Inoculated AM fungi could increase P. ternata propagation coefficient and the yield of tuber. Inoculated AM fungi could increase P. ternata leaf index, made leaf tends to be more like bamboo leaf type. Inoculated AM fungi could delayed P. ternata lodging time; G. mosseae + G. intraradices treatment (early inolulation time) proved better influence on increasing fresh weight and dry weight of P. ternata tuber and the propagation coefficient. Inoculated AM fungi could increase guanosine and alkaloid contents of Pinellia ternata tuber, and the contents of guanosine and alkaloid in inoculated treatments were higher than those in cultivated P. ternata from Hezhang; G. mosseae + G. intraradices treatment (later inolulation time) proved good effect on increasing the contents of guanosine and alkaloid.</p>

Arbuscular mycorrhiza of cultivated and wild Pinellia ternata / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the arbuscular mycorrhiza and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with cultivated and wild Pinellia ternata in Guizhou province.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Wild and cultivated P. ternata roots were observed through staining and microscopic examination, the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spores were isolated through wet thieving according to Gerdemann & Nicolson (1963), the spores were identified following the description of Schenck & Pérez (1988), and some previous publications.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The typical arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) structure was showed according to a research of wild and cultivated P. ternata. In the survey of AM fungi species in the rhizosphere of wild and cultivated P. ternata, 3 genera and 21 species were found, 3 genera and 7 species were identified. 5 species of them belong to Glomus, 1 species belongs to Scutellospora, 1 species belongs to Gigaspora, including Glomus mosseae, G. intraradices, G. melanosporum, G. deserticola, G. aggregatum, Scutellospora castanea, Gigaspora albida, and one of them was a new record, i.e., Scutellospora castanea which was the dominant species in Bijie.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The diversity of AM fungi between wild and cultivated Pinellia ternata was showed on this survey, the fungi associated with wild ones are different form the cultivated ones, such as Gigaspora albida only occurs in cultivated ones, Glomus melanosporum only occurs in wild ones, while Glomus mosseae and Glomus intraradices occur in both wild and cultivated ones, and there were specialization species in Bijie, all these can provide new though for solving degradation problem of cultivated Pinellia ternata.</p>