Seasonality of hypertension

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2008 Feb;10(2):125-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.07416.x.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blood Pressure / physiology*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cholesterol / blood*
  • Cholesterol, HDL / blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / blood
  • Hypertension / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Seasons*
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Cholesterol