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Article: Arterial distensibility in children and teenagers: Normal evolution and the effect of childhood vasculitis

TitleArterial distensibility in children and teenagers: Normal evolution and the effect of childhood vasculitis
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Issue Date2002
PublisherB M J Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.archdischild.com/
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Archives Of Disease In Childhood, 2002, v. 87 n. 4, p. 348-351 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: Polyarteritis nodosa is a necrotising vasculitis of the medium sized and small muscular arteries. The inflammatory and subsequent reparative processes may alter the arterial mechanical properties. The effect of vasculitic damage on arterial distensibility has never been explored however. Aim: To determine the normal values and the effect of childhood vasculitis on arterial distensibility in children and teenagers. Methods: Distensibility of the brachioradial arterial segment was studied using pulse wave velocity (PWV ∝1/√distensibility), in 13 children with polyarteritis nodosa at a median age of 11.8 (range 4.9-16) years. As a control group, 155 healthy schoolchildren (6-18 years, 81 boys) were studied. PWV was assessed using a photoplethysmographic technique; blood pressure was measured by an automatic sphygmomanometer (Dinamap). Data from patients were expressed as z scores adjusted for age and compared to a population mean of 0 by a single sample t test. Determinants of PWV in normal children were assessed by univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses. Results: Age, height, weight, and systolic blood pressure correlated individually with the brachioradial PWV. Multivariate analysis identified age as the only independent determinant. Ten of the patients were in clinical remission, while three had evidence of disease activity at the time of study. The PWV in the patient group as a whole was significantly greater than those in healthy children (mean z score +0.99). Raised C reactive protein concentration (>2 mg/dl) in the three patients with active disease was associated with a higher PWV when compared to those in remission (z score +2.78 v +0.45). The diastolic blood pressure of the patients was higher than those of the controls (z score + 1.04) while the systolic pressure was similar (z score -0.36). Conclusions: PWV in the brachioradial arterial segment increases gradually during childhood independent of body weight, height, mass, and blood pressure. Increased PWV, and hence decreased distensibility, in this peripheral arterial segment occurs in polyarteritis nodosa and is amplified during acute inflammatory exacerbation.
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dc.contributor.authorCheung, YFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorBrogan, PAen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPilla, CBen_HK
dc.contributor.authorDillon, MJen_HK
dc.contributor.authorRedington, ANen_HK
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dc.date.available2007-03-23T04:39:56Z-
dc.date.issued2002en_HK
dc.identifier.citationArchives Of Disease In Childhood, 2002, v. 87 n. 4, p. 348-351en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0003-9888en_HK
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dc.description.abstractBackground: Polyarteritis nodosa is a necrotising vasculitis of the medium sized and small muscular arteries. The inflammatory and subsequent reparative processes may alter the arterial mechanical properties. The effect of vasculitic damage on arterial distensibility has never been explored however. Aim: To determine the normal values and the effect of childhood vasculitis on arterial distensibility in children and teenagers. Methods: Distensibility of the brachioradial arterial segment was studied using pulse wave velocity (PWV ∝1/√distensibility), in 13 children with polyarteritis nodosa at a median age of 11.8 (range 4.9-16) years. As a control group, 155 healthy schoolchildren (6-18 years, 81 boys) were studied. PWV was assessed using a photoplethysmographic technique; blood pressure was measured by an automatic sphygmomanometer (Dinamap). Data from patients were expressed as z scores adjusted for age and compared to a population mean of 0 by a single sample t test. Determinants of PWV in normal children were assessed by univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses. Results: Age, height, weight, and systolic blood pressure correlated individually with the brachioradial PWV. Multivariate analysis identified age as the only independent determinant. Ten of the patients were in clinical remission, while three had evidence of disease activity at the time of study. The PWV in the patient group as a whole was significantly greater than those in healthy children (mean z score +0.99). Raised C reactive protein concentration (>2 mg/dl) in the three patients with active disease was associated with a higher PWV when compared to those in remission (z score +2.78 v +0.45). The diastolic blood pressure of the patients was higher than those of the controls (z score + 1.04) while the systolic pressure was similar (z score -0.36). Conclusions: PWV in the brachioradial arterial segment increases gradually during childhood independent of body weight, height, mass, and blood pressure. Increased PWV, and hence decreased distensibility, in this peripheral arterial segment occurs in polyarteritis nodosa and is amplified during acute inflammatory exacerbation.en_HK
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dc.publisherB M J Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.archdischild.com/en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofArchives of Disease in Childhooden_HK
dc.rightsArchives of Disease in Childhood. Copyright © B M J Publishing Group.en_HK
dc.subject.meshArteries - physiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshPhysiopathologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshBlood flow velocityen_HK
dc.subject.meshChild, preschoolen_HK
dc.subject.meshPhotoplethysmographyen_HK
dc.titleArterial distensibility in children and teenagers: Normal evolution and the effect of childhood vasculitisen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailCheung, YF:xfcheung@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1136/adc.87.4.348en_HK
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