An international comparative study of blood pressure in populations of European vs. African descent

Cooper, Richard S.; Wolf-Maier, Katharina; Luke, Amy; Adeyemo, Adebowale; Banegas, José R.; Forrester, Terrence; Giampaoli, Simona; Joffres, Michel; Kastarinen, Mika; Primatesta, Paola; Stegmayr, Birgitta; Thamm, Michael

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“…Arterial hypertension (AH) affects a significant part of the adult population worldwide 1 , and is a risk factor for heart diseases and renal failure 2 . Lifestyle changes, such as reducing alcohol consumption and tobacco smoking, developing adequate eating habits, and controlling body weight, are suggested as non-drug measures for preventing and treating AH 2,3 .…”

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Hipotensão pós-exercício em indivíduos hipertensos: uma revisão

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Polito

2011

Arq. Bras. Cardiol.

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Post-exercise hypotension (PEH) may follow a session of physical exercises. This effect has high clinical relevance for hypertensive individuals. Although there are several studies on the subject, an analysis is still lacking on a state-of-art approach considering different types of exercises.Using a review of literature, the aim of this paper was to verify the relationship between aerobic exercise and resistance exercise in PEH in hypertensive people.For the purpose of this study, Scielo and Medline databases were surveyed, and the main inclusion criteria were studies on the subject in English language and a sample of hypertensive adults. One hundred and twenty-six studies were found. However, only 32 papers, 5 of which on resistance exercise and 27 on aerobic exercise were used for this study. Although the studies surveyed used different prescription models for resistance exercise, PEH was observed mainly in the laboratory setting. After aerobic exercise, it was noted that PEH occurred for longer periods. However, there are differences of opinion as to the best intensity and duration of the exercise to be prescribed. Therefore, in hypertensive individuals declines in arterial pressure following aerobic exercise are apparently greater than those observed with resistance exercise. Nevertheless, in order to achieve sounder conclusions, further studies on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring should be conducted.

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Hipotensão pós-exercício em indivíduos hipertensos: uma revisão

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“…Although there is some debate about the extent of the gap, Blacks do tend to have somewhat higher rates than Whites. But as Richard Cooper and his colleagues (Cooper et al 2005) have shown, by examining hypertension prevalence rates among 85,000 subjects, cross-cultural data demonstrate that this is not evidence for a biological difference between the races. It was explicitly designed to compare racial differences, sampling Whites from eight surveys completed in Europe, the United States, and Canada-and contrasting these results with those of a sample of three surveys among Blacks from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States.…”

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“…(Cooper et al 2005) Yet the Cooper study, which involved more than 85,000 subjects across eight nations, was not taken as seriously as the study of 1056 African American subjects in a solely U.S.-based study of hypertension (Roberts 2011). Indeed, the FDA approved a drug designed by African Americans with hypertension the spring of the very same year, after the Cooper study was published (Cooper et al 2005;Kahn 2012). Because that decision was demonstrably more about economics, patenting, and politics than about science, it is naïve to think that these factors can be neatly parsed and isolated from each other.…”

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Social Diversity in Humans: Implications and Hidden Consequences for Biological Research

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2014

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

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“…This increase has reached both men and women and in many age groups 1 . Among the main causes for installation of such pathology, we can mention low level of habitual physical activity and excess of body fat, especially in women [2][3][4] .…”

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Intensidades de treinamento resistido e pressão arterial de idosas hipertensas - um estudo piloto

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Background: The optimum intensity of resistance training for hypertensive elderly has not been studied yet and the few studies in the literature used training with distinct intensities. Objective: To verify the effect of two resistance training intensities on blood pressure (BP) of elderly women with controlled hypertension. Methods: Sixteen older women with hypertension controlled by anti-hypertensive drug were randomly divided into two groups. Nine patients were submitted to moderate resistance training (G1) and seven patients were submitted to mild resistance training (G2). The patients underwent eight weeks of resistance training, with frequency of three times per week on alternate days in the afternoon. The exercises performed were: leg press, bench press, knee extension, lat pull-down, knee flexion, shoulder abduction, standing cable hip abduction and biceps curl. Results: G1 patients presented reduction in both resting values in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) p<0.03 and mean arterial pressure (MAP) p<0.03. G2 presented decrease in resting values of MAP (p<0.03) and a tendency to decrease in DBP (p<0.06). Magnitude of values decrease in both groups was higher than the ones reported in the literature. Conclusion: Both light and moderate training promoted cardiovascular benefits, even when initiated at old age. Moreover, both can be indicated as supporting treatment for older women with hypertension controlled by medication.

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An international comparative study of blood pressure in populations of European vs. African descent

Abstract: Background: The consistent finding of higher prevalence of hypertension in US blacks compared to whites has led to speculation that African-origin populations are particularly susceptible to this condition. Large surveys now provide new information on this issue.

Cited by 166 publications

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Hipotensão pós-exercício em indivíduos hipertensos: uma revisão

Hipotensão pós-exercício em indivíduos hipertensos: uma revisão

Social Diversity in Humans: Implications and Hidden Consequences for Biological Research

Intensidades de treinamento resistido e pressão arterial de idosas hipertensas - um estudo piloto

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