Association of polycystic ovary syndrome and a non-dipping blood pressure pattern in young women
Clinics
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65(5): 475-479, 2010. tab
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The association between polycystic ovarian syndrome and increased cardiovascular disease risk is still a controversial issue. In light of data documenting some common pathways or common end-points, the present study was undertaken to determine whether there is a relationship between sleep blood pressure pattern disturbances and polycystic ovarian syndrome in young women.METHOD:
The daytime and nighttime ambulatory blood pressures (BPs) were determined for each subject, according to the actual waking and sleeping times recorded in their individual diaries, in this cross-sectional study.RESULTS:
The study group comprised 168 women (mean age 25.7±5.5) diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome, while the control group included 52 age- and BMI-matched healthy subjects (mean age 26.1±5.4). When nocturnal BP declines very little or not at all, with the BP falling less than 10 percent during sleep compared with waking values, this pattern is classified as a non-dipping BP pattern. However, the non-dipping pattern of BP changes was significantly more common in polycystic ovarian syndrome patients compared to the control group (p<0.01). The prevalence of a non-dipping BP pattern was 43.4 percent (73 patients) in polycystic ovarian syndrome patients and 3.9 percent (2 patients) in the control group.CONCLUSION:
Our cross-sectional study revealed that a non-dipping BP pattern is highly prevalent in polycystic ovarian syndrome patients, even if they are young and non-obese.
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Main subject:
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
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Hypertension
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clinics
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Turkey
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fatih University Medical School/TR
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