Andrew M South1, Patricia A Nixon2, Mark C Chappell3, Debra I Diz3, Gregory B Russell4, Hossam A Shaltout5, T Michael O'Shea6, Lisa K Washburn7. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC; Cardiovascular Sciences Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC; Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC. Electronic address: asouth@wakehealth.edu. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC; Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC. 3. Cardiovascular Sciences Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC; Department of Surgery-Hypertension and Vascular Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC. 4. Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC. 5. Cardiovascular Sciences Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. 6. Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC. 7. Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC; Cardiovascular Sciences Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate if obesity is associated with increased angiotensin II (Ang II) and decreased angiotensin-(1-7) or Ang-(1-7) in the circulation and urine among adolescents born prematurely. STUDY DESIGN: In a cross-sectional analysis of 175 14-year-olds born preterm with very low birth weight, we quantified plasma and urinary Ang II and Ang-(1-7) and compared their levels between subjects with overweight/obesity (body mass index ≥85th percentile, n = 61) and those with body mass index <85th percentile (n = 114) using generalized linear models, adjusted for race and antenatal corticosteroid exposure. RESULTS: Overweight/obesity was associated with higher systolic blood pressure and a greater proportion with high blood pressure. After adjustment for confounders, overweight/obesity was associated with an elevated ratio of plasma Ang II to Ang-(1-7) (β: 0.57, 95% CI 0.23-0.91) and higher Ang II (β: 0.21 pmol/L, 95% CI 0.03-0.39) but lower Ang-(1-7) (β: -0.37 pmol/L, 95% CI -0.7 to -0.04). Overweight/obesity was associated with a higher ratio of urinary Ang II to Ang-(1-7) (β: 0.21, 95% CI -0.02 to 0.44), an effect that approached statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS: Among preterm-born adolescents, overweight/obesity was associated with increased Ang II but reduced Ang-(1-7) in the circulation and the kidney as well as higher blood pressure. Obesity may compound the increased risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in individuals born prematurely by further augmenting the prematurity-associated imbalance in the renin-angiotensin system.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate if obesity is associated with increased angiotensin II (Ang II) and decreased angiotensin-(1-7) or Ang-(1-7) in the circulation and urine among adolescents born prematurely. STUDY DESIGN: In a cross-sectional analysis of 175 14-year-olds born preterm with very low birth weight, we quantified plasma and urinary Ang II and Ang-(1-7) and compared their levels between subjects with overweight/obesity (body mass index ≥85th percentile, n = 61) and those with body mass index <85th percentile (n = 114) using generalized linear models, adjusted for race and antenatal corticosteroid exposure. RESULTS: Overweight/obesity was associated with higher systolic blood pressure and a greater proportion with high blood pressure. After adjustment for confounders, overweight/obesity was associated with an elevated ratio of plasma Ang II to Ang-(1-7) (β: 0.57, 95% CI 0.23-0.91) and higher Ang II (β: 0.21 pmol/L, 95% CI 0.03-0.39) but lower Ang-(1-7) (β: -0.37 pmol/L, 95% CI -0.7 to -0.04). Overweight/obesity was associated with a higher ratio of urinary Ang II to Ang-(1-7) (β: 0.21, 95% CI -0.02 to 0.44), an effect that approached statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS: Among preterm-born adolescents, overweight/obesity was associated with increased Ang II but reduced Ang-(1-7) in the circulation and the kidney as well as higher blood pressure. Obesity may compound the increased risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in individuals born prematurely by further augmenting the prematurity-associated imbalance in the renin-angiotensin system.
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