TY - JOUR
T1 - Endothelin-1/nitric oxide balance and HOMA index in children with excess weight and hypertension
T2 - a pathophysiological model of hypertension
AU - Orlando, Antonina
AU - Viazzi, Francesca
AU - Giussani, Marco
AU - Nava, Elisa
AU - Cazzaniga, Emanuela
AU - Bonino, Barbara
AU - Palestini, Paola
AU - Parati, Gianfranco
AU - Genovesi, Simonetta
PY - 2019/8/1
Y1 - 2019/8/1
N2 - The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between endothelin-1, nitric oxide, insulin resistance, and blood pressure in young subjects with a high prevalence of excess weight and/or elevated blood pressure. In a cohort of 238 children (mean age = 11.1 years), height, weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure were assessed. Body mass index, waist-to-height ratio, and blood pressure percentiles were calculated, and the children were classified as having excess weight and elevated blood pressure according to the International Obesity Task Force and the US blood pressure nomograms specific for gender, age and height, respectively. Endothelin-1 and nitric oxide production were assessed, and the homeostatic model assessment index was calculated. Forty-three percent of children were male, 71% had excess weight, and 37% had systolic and/or diastolic values above the ninetieth percentile. Plasma endothelin-1 and nitric oxide production were independently correlated (p < 0.05). In multivariate analyses, the HOMA index was associated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.01), and nitric oxide was independently related to diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.04), even after adjustment for measures of body composition. By using the waist-to-height ratio instead of BMI in the statistical model, the association between the homeostatic model assessment index and blood pressure was attenuated, while the results remained similar for nitric oxide. No correlation was found between endothelin-1 and blood pressure. In our study population, the correlation between nitric oxide and blood pressure and the lack of a relationship between endothelin-1 and blood pressure could be explained by an increase in the vasodilator effect of local and systemic nitric oxide, which counteracts the possible hypertensive effect of endothelin-1.
AB - The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between endothelin-1, nitric oxide, insulin resistance, and blood pressure in young subjects with a high prevalence of excess weight and/or elevated blood pressure. In a cohort of 238 children (mean age = 11.1 years), height, weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure were assessed. Body mass index, waist-to-height ratio, and blood pressure percentiles were calculated, and the children were classified as having excess weight and elevated blood pressure according to the International Obesity Task Force and the US blood pressure nomograms specific for gender, age and height, respectively. Endothelin-1 and nitric oxide production were assessed, and the homeostatic model assessment index was calculated. Forty-three percent of children were male, 71% had excess weight, and 37% had systolic and/or diastolic values above the ninetieth percentile. Plasma endothelin-1 and nitric oxide production were independently correlated (p < 0.05). In multivariate analyses, the HOMA index was associated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.01), and nitric oxide was independently related to diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.04), even after adjustment for measures of body composition. By using the waist-to-height ratio instead of BMI in the statistical model, the association between the homeostatic model assessment index and blood pressure was attenuated, while the results remained similar for nitric oxide. No correlation was found between endothelin-1 and blood pressure. In our study population, the correlation between nitric oxide and blood pressure and the lack of a relationship between endothelin-1 and blood pressure could be explained by an increase in the vasodilator effect of local and systemic nitric oxide, which counteracts the possible hypertensive effect of endothelin-1.
KW - Blood pressure
KW - Children
KW - Endothelin
KW - Excess weight
KW - Nitric oxide
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U2 - 10.1038/s41440-019-0253-3
DO - 10.1038/s41440-019-0253-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 30923371
AN - SCOPUS:85063606182
VL - 42
SP - 1192
EP - 1199
JO - Hypertension Research
JF - Hypertension Research
SN - 0916-9636
IS - 8
ER -