Deborah M Brooks1, Andrea Kelly2, John D Sorkin3, Dorit Koren4, Seo Yi Chng5, Paul R Gallagher6, Reshma Amin7, Shayne Dougherty2, Rong Guo8, Carole L Marcus9, Lee J Brooks9,10. 1. Division of Child Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 2. Division of Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 3. Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 4. Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 5. Division of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, National University Hospital, Singapore. 6. Biostatistics Core, Clinical and Translational Research Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 7. Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. 8. Office of Research Service, Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois. 9. Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 10. Department of Pediatrics, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey.
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Hypertension is a complication of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome in adults. A correlation between OSA syndrome and elevated blood pressure (BP) is suggested in children, but its pathogenesis remains unclear. Our aim was to study the effects of sleep and sleep apnea on BP and sympathetic nervous system activation as measured by serum cortisol and urinary catecholamines. We hypothesized that children with OSA syndrome would have higher BP, urinary catecholamines, and cortisol compared with controls. METHODS: We measured BP during polysomnography in 78 children with suspected sleep-disordered breathing and 18 nonsnoring controls. BP was measured during wakefulness and every 30-60 minutes throughout the night. All participants had 24-hour urinary catecholamine and free cortisol collections 48 hours before polysomnography. RESULTS: BP varied with sleep stage; it was highest during wakefulness and N1 and lowest during non-rapid eye movement stage 3. Children classified as high apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) snorers (AHI >5 events/h) had a greater prevalence of systolic hypertension (57%) than low-AHI snorers (22%) and nonsnoring controls (22%; P = .04). The high-AHI snorers also had higher diastolic BP (P < .02) as well as blunted nocturnal diastolic BP changes during sleep (P = .02) compared with low-AHI snorers (AHI <5 events/h). Twenty-hour urinary free cortisol and 24-hour urinary catecholamines were not associated with BP. CONCLUSIONS: BP in children varies with sleep stage. OSA is associated with systolic hypertension, higher BP during rapid eye movement sleep, as well as elevation of diastolic BP and blunted BP changes with sleep.
STUDY OBJECTIVES:Hypertension is a complication of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome in adults. A correlation between OSA syndrome and elevated blood pressure (BP) is suggested in children, but its pathogenesis remains unclear. Our aim was to study the effects of sleep and sleep apnea on BP and sympathetic nervous system activation as measured by serum cortisol and urinary catecholamines. We hypothesized that children with OSA syndrome would have higher BP, urinary catecholamines, and cortisol compared with controls. METHODS: We measured BP during polysomnography in 78 children with suspected sleep-disordered breathing and 18 nonsnoring controls. BP was measured during wakefulness and every 30-60 minutes throughout the night. All participants had 24-hour urinary catecholamine and free cortisol collections 48 hours before polysomnography. RESULTS: BP varied with sleep stage; it was highest during wakefulness and N1 and lowest during non-rapid eye movement stage 3. Children classified as high apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) snorers (AHI >5 events/h) had a greater prevalence of systolic hypertension (57%) than low-AHI snorers (22%) and nonsnoring controls (22%; P = .04). The high-AHI snorers also had higher diastolic BP (P < .02) as well as blunted nocturnal diastolic BP changes during sleep (P = .02) compared with low-AHI snorers (AHI <5 events/h). Twenty-hour urinary free cortisol and 24-hour urinary catecholamines were not associated with BP. CONCLUSIONS: BP in children varies with sleep stage. OSA is associated with systolic hypertension, higher BP during rapid eye movement sleep, as well as elevation of diastolic BP and blunted BP changes with sleep.
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