Association between arterial stiffness and orthostatic hypotension: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: Orthostatic hypotension, defined as a decrease in blood pressure on standing, is associated with an increased risk of mortality and cardiovascular events in the general population. In addition, it has recently been suggested that arterial stiffness is independently associated with orthos...

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Main Authors: Alicia Saz-Lara, Iván Cavero-Redondo, Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno, Maribel Lucerón-Lucas-Torres, Carlos Pascual-Morena, Irese Sequí-Domínguez
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1164519/full
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author Alicia Saz-Lara
Iván Cavero-Redondo
Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno
Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno
Maribel Lucerón-Lucas-Torres
Carlos Pascual-Morena
Irese Sequí-Domínguez
author_facet Alicia Saz-Lara
Iván Cavero-Redondo
Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno
Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno
Maribel Lucerón-Lucas-Torres
Carlos Pascual-Morena
Irese Sequí-Domínguez
author_sort Alicia Saz-Lara
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description Background: Orthostatic hypotension, defined as a decrease in blood pressure on standing, is associated with an increased risk of mortality and cardiovascular events in the general population. In addition, it has recently been suggested that arterial stiffness is independently associated with orthostatic hypotension, which may be due to a loss of the buffering effect of the ascending aorta and an early return of pressure waves. However, the specific mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the association between orthostatic hypotension and arterial stiffness in the adult population.Methods: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were searched from inception to 31 January 2022. The DerSimonian and Laird method was used to calculate pooled odds ratio (OR) estimates and their respective 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for the association between orthostatic hypotension and arterial stiffness.Results: Overall, 11 studies were included, with a total of 10,611 subjects. Our results showed that increased arterial stiffness raises the risk of orthostatic hypotension (OR: 1.40, 95% CI: 1.28–1.54), with a stronger association at central arterial stiffness (OR: 1.50, 95% CI: 1.34–1.68) than at peripheral arterial stiffness (OR: 1.29, 95% CI: 1.17–1.43).Conclusion: Our findings showed that increased arterial stiffness raises the risk of orthostatic hypotension by 40% among the adult population. Considering that orthostatic hypotension, which is usually a consequence of antihypertensive treatment, has been widely associated with the risk of cardiovascular events, appropriate control of arterial stiffness could be a clinical strategy to prevent cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
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spelling doaj.art-18d95e52998c4db0bb88a6fd20237f562023-05-11T11:17:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2023-04-011410.3389/fphys.2023.11645191164519Association between arterial stiffness and orthostatic hypotension: A systematic review and meta-analysisAlicia Saz-Lara0Iván Cavero-Redondo1Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno2Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno3Maribel Lucerón-Lucas-Torres4Carlos Pascual-Morena5Irese Sequí-Domínguez6Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Health and Social Research Center, Cuenca, SpainUniversidad Autónoma de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Talca, ChileUniversidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Health and Social Research Center, Cuenca, SpainUniversidad Autónoma de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Talca, ChileUniversidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Health and Social Research Center, Cuenca, SpainUniversidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Health and Social Research Center, Cuenca, SpainUniversidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Health and Social Research Center, Cuenca, SpainBackground: Orthostatic hypotension, defined as a decrease in blood pressure on standing, is associated with an increased risk of mortality and cardiovascular events in the general population. In addition, it has recently been suggested that arterial stiffness is independently associated with orthostatic hypotension, which may be due to a loss of the buffering effect of the ascending aorta and an early return of pressure waves. However, the specific mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the association between orthostatic hypotension and arterial stiffness in the adult population.Methods: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were searched from inception to 31 January 2022. The DerSimonian and Laird method was used to calculate pooled odds ratio (OR) estimates and their respective 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for the association between orthostatic hypotension and arterial stiffness.Results: Overall, 11 studies were included, with a total of 10,611 subjects. Our results showed that increased arterial stiffness raises the risk of orthostatic hypotension (OR: 1.40, 95% CI: 1.28–1.54), with a stronger association at central arterial stiffness (OR: 1.50, 95% CI: 1.34–1.68) than at peripheral arterial stiffness (OR: 1.29, 95% CI: 1.17–1.43).Conclusion: Our findings showed that increased arterial stiffness raises the risk of orthostatic hypotension by 40% among the adult population. Considering that orthostatic hypotension, which is usually a consequence of antihypertensive treatment, has been widely associated with the risk of cardiovascular events, appropriate control of arterial stiffness could be a clinical strategy to prevent cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1164519/fullorthostatic hypotensionarterial stiffnesspulse wave velocityadultsmeta-analysis
spellingShingle Alicia Saz-Lara
Iván Cavero-Redondo
Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno
Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno
Maribel Lucerón-Lucas-Torres
Carlos Pascual-Morena
Irese Sequí-Domínguez
Association between arterial stiffness and orthostatic hypotension: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Frontiers in Physiology
orthostatic hypotension
arterial stiffness
pulse wave velocity
adults
meta-analysis
title Association between arterial stiffness and orthostatic hypotension: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full Association between arterial stiffness and orthostatic hypotension: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_fullStr Association between arterial stiffness and orthostatic hypotension: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed Association between arterial stiffness and orthostatic hypotension: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_short Association between arterial stiffness and orthostatic hypotension: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_sort association between arterial stiffness and orthostatic hypotension a systematic review and meta analysis
topic orthostatic hypotension
arterial stiffness
pulse wave velocity
adults
meta-analysis
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1164519/full
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