Disorders of Puberty and Their Management

Dunkel, Leo; Saengkaew, Tansit; Howard, Sasha

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-18901-3_6-1

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“…Furthermore, increased cortisol concentration could also contribute to arterial stiffening which may lead to hypertension (Connell et al, 1987;Esler et al, 2008;Kelly et al, 1998;Pirpiris et al, 1993;Ushakov et al, 2016) and endothelial dysfunction (Black & Garbutt, 2002;García-Bueno et al, 2008;Toda & Nakanishi-Toda, 2011). Associations between mental and arterial health and the underlying pathophysiology may differ between boys and girls due to the different rate of maturation between sexes (Abreu & Kaiser, 2016;Brix et al, 2018), as pubertal development affects hormonal system and adipose tissue growth (Bergeron et al, 2015;Dunkel, 2009). These associations have yet to be thoroughly investigated separately for both sexes.…”

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The associations of depressive symptoms and perceived stress with arterial health in adolescents

Toivonen,

Lee,

Leppänen

et al. 2024

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Cardiovascular and mental diseases are among the most important global health problems, but little is known on the associations between mental and arterial health in adolescents. Therefore, we investigated the associations of arterial health with depressive symptoms and perceived stress in adolescents. A total of 277 adolescents, 151 boys, 126 girls, aged 15–17 years participated in the study. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory and perceived stress by the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale. Arterial health was assessed by measures from carotid ultrasonography (carotid intima‐media thickness, Young's Elastic Modulus, carotid artery distensibility, stiffness index), impedance cardiography (pulse wave velocity, cardio‐ankle vascular index), and pulse contour analysis (reflection index, stiffness index). The data were analyzed using linear regression models adjusted for age and sex. Depressive symptoms or perceived stress were not associated with indices of arterial health in the whole study group (β = −0.08 to 0.09, p > 0.05), in boys (β = −0.13 to 0.10, p > 0.05) or in girls (standardized regression coefficient β = −0.16 to 0.08, p > 0.05). We found no associations of depressive symptoms and perceived stress with arterial health in adolescents. These observations suggest that the association between mental and arterial health problems develop in later life.

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