Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents With the Sickle Cell Trait

ABSTRACT

Am J Epidemiol

The potential association between sickle cell trait (SCT) and increased arterial stiffness/blood pressure (BP) has not been evaluated in detail despite its association with stroke, sudden death, and renal disease. We performed 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring and arterial stiffness measurements in adolescents raised in a malaria-free environment in Kenya. Between December 2015 and June 2016, 938 randomly selected adolescents (ages 11-17 years) who had been continuous residents of Nairobi from birth were invited to participate in the study. Standard clinic BP measurement was performed, followed by 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring and arterial stiffness measurement using an Arteriograph24 (TensioMed Ltd., Budapest, Hungary) device. SCT status was determined using DNA genotyping in contemporaneously collected blood samples. Of the 938 adolescents invited to participate, 609 (65%) provided complete data for analysis. SCT was present in 103 (15%). Mean 24-hour systolic and diastolic BPs were 116 (standard deviation (SD), 11.5) mm Hg and 64 (SD, 7) mm Hg, respectively, in children with SCT and 117 (SD, 11.4) mm Hg and 64 (SD, 6.8) mm Hg, respectively, in non-SCT children. Mean pulse wave velocity (PWV) was 7.1 (SD, 0.8) m/second and 7.0 (SD, 0.8) m/second in SCT and non-SCT children, respectively. We observed no differences in PWV or in any clinic or ambulatory BP-derived measures between adolescents with and without SCT. These data suggest that SCT does not independently influence BP or PWV.

Etyang, A. O., Wandabwa, C. K., Kapesa, S., Muthumbi, E., Odipo, E., Wamukoya, M., Ngomi, N., Haregu, T., Kyobutungi, C., Williams, T. N., Makale, J., Macharia, A., Cruickshank, J. K., Smeeth, L., Scott, J. A. G.

Pages:199-205, Volume:187, Edition:10/11/2017, Date,Feb-01

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28992220

Notes:Etyang, Anthony O|Wandabwa, Christopher K|Kapesa, Sailoki|Muthumbi, Esther|Odipo, Emily|Wamukoya, Marylene|Ngomi, Nicholas|Haregu, Tilahun|Kyobutungi, Catherine|Williams, Thomas N|Makale, Johnstone|Macharia, Alex|Cruickshank, J Kennedy|Smeeth, Liam|Scott, J Anthony G|eng|098532/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom|MR/N015959/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom|WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom|103951/Z/14/Z/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom|091758/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom|098504/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom|Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t|2017/10/11 06:00|Am J Epidemiol. 2018 Feb 1;187(2):199-205. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx232.

ISBN: 1476-6256 (Electronic)|0002-9262 (Linking) Permanent ID: PMC5860135 Accession Number: 28992220

Author Address: KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.|London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.|African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.|Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.|King’s College London, London, United Kingdom.

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