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HYPERTENSION
Volume 66, Issue 2, Pages 340-346Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05180
Keywords
brain infarction; endothelium; gait; hypertension
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- National Institute on Aging [NS085002, P01 AG04390, R37 AG25037]
- National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences [R01ES020871, R00ES015774]
- Limoges University
- University Hospital Center of Limoges (CHU de Limoges)
- Regional Council of Limousin, France
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES [R00ES015774, R01ES020871] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS085002] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R01AG041785, R37AG025037, P01AG004390] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) is associated with hypertension, vascular inflammation, and systemic endothelial dysfunction. We evaluated whether elevated plasma sVCAM-1 is associated with impaired cerebrovascular function and mobility impairments in elderly people. We studied the cross-sectional relationships between plasma sVCAM-1 level, gait speed, and cerebrovascular hemodynamics, and its longitudinal relationship with falls in 680 community-dwelling participants aged 65 years in the Maintenance of Balance, Independent Living, Intellect, and Zest in the Elderly (MOBILIZE) Boston Study. Falls were recorded prospectively for 1 year on daily calendars. sVCAM-1 was measured by ELISA assay and beat-to-beat blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery during rest and in response to changes in end-tidal CO2 was measured by transcranial Doppler ultrasound. sVCAM-1 concentration was 1094 +/- 340 ng/mL in normotensives, 1195 +/- 438 ng/mL in controlled hypertensives, and 1250 +/- 445 ng/mL in uncontrolled hypertensives (P=0.008). The mean resting blood flow velocity and cerebral vasomotor range were, respectively, 41.0 +/- 10.3 cm/s and 1.3 +/- 0.4 cm/s per millimeter of mercury. Elevated sVCAM-1 levels indicative of endothelial dysfunction were associated with reduced resting blood flow velocity (P=0.017) and cerebral vasomotor range (P=0.0048). Elevated sVCAM-1 levels were associated with slower gait speed (<0.8 m/s; odds ratio, 3.01; 95% confidence interval, 1.56-5.83; P=0.0011) and an increased odds of injurious falls (odds ratio, 2.4; 95% confidence interval, 1.4-4.2; P=0.0028). An elevated sVCAM-1 level may be a marker of cerebral blood flow dysregulation because of endothelial damage from hypertension. It may also signal the presence of cerebral microvascular disease and its clinical consequences, including slow gait speed and falls.
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