The association between birth weight and capillary recruitment is independent of blood pressure and insulin sensitivity: a study in prepubertal children

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作者
IJzerman, RG
van Weissenbruch, MM
Voordouw, JJ
Yudkin, JS
Serne, EH
Delemarre-van de Waal, HA
Stehouwer, CDA
机构
[1] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Inst Cardiovasc Res, Dept Internal Med, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Med Ctr, Inst Endocrinol Reprod & Metab, Dept Paediat, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[3] UCL, Sch Med, Whittington Hosp, Dept Med, London W1N 8AA, England
关键词
acetylcholine; capillaries; blood pressure; endothelial function; blood flow;
D O I
10.1097/00004872-200210000-00014
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R6 [外科学];
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1002 ; 100210 ;
摘要
Objective Alterations in microvascular function have been hypothesized as a possible mechanism explaining the negative association of weight at birth with blood pressure and insulin resistance in adult life. However, these variables are closely associated, so that it has been difficult to establish whether microvascular dysfunction is a cause or a consequence of increased blood pressure or insulin resistance. Design Cohort study. Setting VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Subjects Twenty-one prepubertal healthy children showing a wide range in birth weight. Main outcome measures Birth weight data were obtained from hospital records. Blood pressure was measured with an ambulatory 24-h blood pressure monitor, and insulin sensitivity was assessed with the hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp technique. Microvascular function (i.e. capillary recruitment during post-occlusive reactive hyperaemia and endothelium (in)dependent vasodilatation of the skin) was evaluated by videomicroscopy and iontophoresis of acetylcholine and sodium nitroprusside, Results Birth weight was positively and significantly associated with capillary recruitment [slope, 22%/kg birth weight; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.1-43; P < 0.05]. Birth weight was not associated with insulin sensitivity and systolic blood pressure (slope, -0.11 mg/kg per min per pmol/l; 95% CI, -2.4 to 2.2; P = 0.9; and slope, 1.4 mmHg; 95% CI, -5.0 to 7.7/kg birth weight; P = 0.7, respectively). The association between low birth weight and impaired capillary recruitment was not affected by adjustment for blood pressure and insulin sensitivity. Birth weight was not associated with endothelium-(in)dependent vasodilatation. Conclusion These results suggest that the association between birth weight and capillary recruitment is independent of blood pressure and insulin sensitivity. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that an impaired capillary recruitment plays a mechanistic role in the association of birth weight with blood pressure and insulin resistance in adult life. J Hypertens 20:1957-1963(C) 2002 Lippincott Williams Wilkins.
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