Integrated health original articleEffect of weight loss on abnormal 24-hour blood pressure patterns in severely obese patients
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Methods
The study group included 42 severely obese patients (normotensive = 28 and hypertensive = 14) with nondipper status in whom BS (laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass [LRYGB) or sleeve gastrectomy [SG]) was performed from 2012 to 2013 in a tertiary hospital. Impaired BP rhythm was established by ABPM performed during the preoperative evaluation. In hypertensive patients the ABPM was performed without antihypertensive medication for 1 week. In addition to nondipper status, the following inclusion
Results
Our study included patients undergoing bariatric surgery between 2012 and 2013, and during this period of time we performed ABPM for study purposes. Of the 119 patients who accepted to participate in the study, 82 were normotensive; of these, 49 had nondipper status, and in 28 we had a valid ABPM at 12 months after BS. In addition, 37 were hypertensive, 18 of whom had nondipper status and 14 had valid ABPM at 12 months after BS.
Of the 42 obese patients, 28 (67%) had normotension and 14 had HT
Discussion
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of surgically induced weight loss on abnormal 24-hour BP patterns in severely obese patients 1 year after BS regardless of the presence of HT. This study indicates that the percentage of nondipping patterns remained significantly high in both groups of patients despite significant weight loss, a sizeable fall in BP, and a significant improvement in metabolic and inflammatory parameters and HOMA-IR. In addition, the prevalence of nocturnal
Conclusion
Our findings have important clinical implications because BP levels decrease and antihypertensive treatment is frequently stopped after BS. These findings suggest that therapeutic BP interventions may be required to normalize BP patterns to provide greater protection against target-organ damage, because the impact of the reduced nocturnal fall in BP on atherosclerosis in nondippers is probably independent of the overall BP load and is more likely related to a lack of nocturnal fall. Indeed, it
Disclosures
The authors have no commercial associations that might be a conflict of interest in relation to this article.
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