Abstract
Previous studies have indicated that heart rate and post-load plasma glucose are independently related to blood pressure. This study explores these relationships further. Of 39,665 adults screened in Chicago firms between late 1967 and early 1973, 27,117 white men and women aged 18-64, not receiving drug treatment for hypertension or diabetes, are the focus of this study. Within each age sex group, the sample was stratified by heart rate. Within each heart rate group a multiple linear regression analysis was done with blood pressure the dependent variable and plasma glucose, serum cholesterol, relative weight, age and number of cigarettes per day the independent variables. Within each age sex group glucose was progressively higher with higher heart rates. In addition, the glucose coefficients tended to be larger at higher heart rates, especially in men age 25 and over, i.e. the glucose blood pressure association was stronger in men with high heart rate. These results suggest that there exists a population of individuals with the triad of high blood pressure, high heart rate, and high glucose whose hypertension may have a distinct etiology and/or pathogenesis.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 263-268 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Chronic Diseases |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1979 |
Funding
Ackrlo~/c,dyc~rllc’rlirss -a-I tp leasuret o expressa ppreciationt o Ron Hoeksemaw ho assistedi n programming. to Joseph J. Persky.P h.D. for extensivea nd generousa dvice.a nd to Margie Shoresw ho typedt he manuscript. It is also a pleasuret o pay tribute to the many Chicago companiesa nd organizationsg iving invaluable cooperationi n this effort as well as to all thosei nvolvedi n the Chicago Heart AssociationD etectionP roject in Industry: Louis deBoer. ExecutiveD irector. and Kay Westfall. Program Director; the Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry Staff--Susan Shekelle.P roject Coordinator. Pamela Bessmond. Thelma Black. Clarice Blanton.J oan Carothers.A rlene Dungca. Mary Ann Foelkcr. Susan Forkos. Carol Fulgenzi.H arold Gram. Jean Graver. lnger Hansen.C herry Latimer.K aren Strentz.R .N. and Suzann Ward. R.N.: also to volunteerm emberso f the Heart DiseaseD etectionC ommitteeo f the Chicago Heart Association. and to the leadershipa nd staffso f the Chicago Health Departmenat nd the Chicago Health RcscarchF ounda-tion. This researchh as beens upportedb y the ChicagoH eartA ssociation;t he Illinois RegionalM edical Program; and the National Heart. Lung and Blood Institute.N ational Instituteso f Health. United StatesP ublic Health Service. This researchw asd one while Alan Dyer wasa n EstablishedIn vestigatoro f the AmericanH eart Association.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
