Open AccessSeasonality of Hypertension
Author(s) -
AlTamer Yassar Y.,
AlHayali Jasim M. T.,
AlRamadhan Eman A. H.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.07416.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , total cholesterol , cholesterol , serum cholesterol , seasonality , essential hypertension , endocrinology , zoology , ecology , biology
In this study, a group of controls and patients with essential hypertension were followed up for 1 year. Four measurements at different day temperatures were performed. In each visit, blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, and high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL‐C) were measured. The results showed a significant inverse relationship between mean blood pressure and serum total cholesterol levels with day temperature, while a direct relationship was observed for HDL‐C value. These results suggest that in areas where significant changes in day temperature and daylight duration exist at different times of the year, blood pressure, serum cholesterol, and HDL‐C levels change accordingly in a cycle with higher blood pressure and serum total cholesterol and lower HDL‐C values in the coldest season.