Maturational Changes in Cardiac Structures -- Blood Pressure Relationship -- SCOR in Hypertension

May 12, 2016 updated by: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
To examine a school-based population of children for maturational changes in blood pressure and cardiac structures.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

BACKGROUND:

Although excessive left ventricular mass has been viewed as an adaptation to increased blood pressure, it can precede the rise in blood pressure in hypertensive models. Excessive growth of the heart may reflect additional factors contributing to eventual level of blood pressure. In children, rapid heart growth may be predictive of subsequent high childhood blood pressure level and greater incidence of cardiovascular disease in adult relatives. These studies had the potential of defining maturational changes in known risk factors which might help predict future hypertensive disease.

The study was a subproject within a Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) in Hypertension. The Request for Applications for the SCOR was released in October, 1988.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

A total of 124 prepubertal males and females were followed longitudinally for five years. Yearly examinations defined the stages of sexual maturation. On four occasions each year, subjects were studied for resting and ambulatory blood pressure, echocardiography, anthropometry and activity assessment. Once yearly, each subject had blood drawn for hormone analyses and whole blood viscosity estimate. From these data, growth velocities of the heart and rate of change of blood pressure were determined. These parameters were analyzed to determine if rapid growth of the heart preceded or followed the rise in blood pressure observed during puberty and body size and composition, sexual maturation and hormone changes, and sympathetic activity.

The study was a subproject within a SCOR in Hypertension. Approximately 7 percent of total dollars were awarded for this subproject.

The study completion date listed in this record was obtained from the "End Date" entered in the Protocol Registration and Results System (PRS) record.

Study Type

Observational

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 100 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

No eligibility criteria

Study Plan

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Sponsor

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 1990

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 1996

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 25, 2000

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 25, 2000

First Posted (Estimate)

May 26, 2000

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 13, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 12, 2016

Last Verified

May 1, 2000

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 4914
  • P50HL044546 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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