In younger populations, arterial stiffness, a new risk factor for hypertension, increases blood pressure indirectly through an increase in insulin resistance, but not through an increase in body fat.
The study was published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. A global effort is underway to detect, detect and diagnose high blood pressure early in life to avoid this “silent killer disease” and its early life.
There is a lack of knowledge about the pathways through which blood pressure is raised, even in normal-weight populations with physically active and healthy lifestyle choices.
It is well known that obesity increases the risk of hypertension. Researchers have recently shown that arterial stiffness, which has been established as a risk factor for high blood pressure in adults, is also attenuated in the younger population.
Arterial stiffness can also lead to increased insulin resistance in adolescents and young adults. Unfortunately, clinical trials for reducing arterial stiffness in adults have not been promising, and clinical trials in younger populations are ongoing.
In the new study, researchers examined whether arterial stiffness increases blood pressure in a normal-weight adolescent population through increased body fat or insulin resistance. This is because clinical trials in younger populations have shown that lifestyle interventions can reduce body fat and insulin resistance.
Therefore, if arterial stiffness indirectly increases blood pressure through any of these pathways, inhibiting that pathway may be clinically relevant. “We found that arterial stiffness indirectly raised blood pressure through the insulin resistance pathway in adolescents. Yet it is surprising that increased body fat was not a pathway through which arterial stiffness increased blood pressure in this general population of adolescents.” .
Until the results of clinical trials on reducing arterial stiffness in adolescents are available, it may be important for pediatricians and public health experts to focus on encouraging healthy lifestyle choices that can reduce insulin resistance. thereby potentially lowering blood pressure.
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Increasing physical activity, reducing screen time, quitting smoking or vaping, reducing salt and sugar intake, increasing the vegetable and fiber portions of the diet, and getting optimal daily sleep are all healthy lifestyle choices,” says Andrew Agbaze, a physician and clinical psychologist. Says epidemiologist.University of Eastern Finland.
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