Female gender is associated with higher susceptibility of weight induced arterial stiffening and rise in blood pressure

Junli Zuo; Huijuan Chao; Biwen Tang; Alberto P. Avolio; Markus P. Schlaich; Janis Marc Nolde; Audrey Adji; Revathy Carnagarin

doi:10.3390/jcm10163479

Female gender is associated with higher susceptibility of weight induced arterial stiffening and rise in blood pressure

Junli Zuo, Huijuan Chao, Biwen Tang, Alberto P. Avolio, Markus P. Schlaich, Janis Marc Nolde, Audrey Adji^*, Revathy Carnagarin

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Arterial stiffness is an important predictor of cardiovascular events, independent of traditional risk factors. Stiffening of arteries, though an adaptive process to hemodynamic load, results in substantial increase in the pulsatile hemodynamic forces that detrimentally affects the microcirculation perfusing the vital organs such as the brain, heart and kidneys. Studies have proposed that arterial stiffness precedes and may contribute to the development of hypertension in individuals with obesity. Our study sought to determine the gender-based effects on arterial stiffening in obesity which may predispose to the development of hypertension. We found female sex is associated with higher susceptibility of weight-related arterial stiffening and rise in blood pressure in obesity. Women had significantly higher carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (CF-PWV) with higher body mass index (BMI) status (normal: 7.9 ± 2 m/s; overweight: 9.1 ± 2 m/s; obese: 9 ± 2 m/s, p < 0.001), whereas it was similar in males across all BMI categories. The linear association between arterial stiffness and BMI following adjustment for age and brachial systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), remained significant in females (β = 0.06; 95% CI 0.01 to 0.1; p < 0.05) but not in males (β = 0.04; 95% CI −0.01 to 0.1; p > 0.05). The mean CF-PWV values increased by 0.1 m/s for every 1 kg/m² increase in BMI in the female subjects in the age adjusted linear model, while such effect was not seen in the male subjects. In line with arterial stiffening, the overweight and obese females demonstrated significantly higher systolic brachial BP. (BP difference: ∆BP 9−11 mmHg, p < 0.01) and central systolic pressure (∆BP 8−10 mmHg, p < 0.05) compared to their lean counterparts, unlike the male subjects. Our results suggest that female gender is associated with higher susceptibility of weight-related arterial stiffening and rise in blood pressure.

Original language	English
Article number	3479
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Clinical Medicine
Volume	10
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10163479
Publication status	Published - 6 Aug 2021

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Arterial stiffness
Body mass index
Hypertension
Obesity
Pulse wave velocity

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