著者
Kazuki Shiina Takamichi Takahashi Hiroki Nakano Masatsune Fujii Yoichi Iwasaki Chisa Matsumoto Akira Yamashina Taishiro Chikamori Hirofumi Tomiyama
出版者
Japan Atherosclerosis Society
雑誌
Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.30, no.2, pp.192-202, 2023-02-01 (Released:2023-02-01)
参考文献数
33
被引用文献数
2

Aims: This prospective observational study, which utilized repeated annual measurements performed over a 9-year period, applied mixed model analyses to examine age-related differences in longitudinal associations between alcohol intake and arterial stiffness, pressure wave reflection, and inflammation.Methods: In 4016 middle-aged (43±9 years) healthy Japanese male employees, alcohol intake, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), radial augmentation index (rAI), and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were measured annually during a 9-year study period.Results: The estimated marginal mean baPWV (non-drinkers=1306 cm/s, mild–moderate drinkers=1311 cm/s, and heavy drinkers=1337 cm/s, P<0.01) and that of rAI showed significant stepped increases in an alcohol dose-dependent manner in the entire cohort, but an increase in rAI was not observed in subjects aged ≥ 50 years. The estimated slope of the annual increase in baPWV, but not rAI, was higher for heavy drinkers than for non-drinkers (slope difference, 1.84; P<0.05), especially for subjects aged <50 years (slope difference, 2.84; P<0.05).Conclusion: In middle-aged male Japanese employees, alcohol intake may attenuate inflammatory activity. While alcohol intake may exacerbate the progression of arterial stiffening in a dose-dependent manner without mediating inflammation, especially in subjects under 50 years of age, it may promote pressure wave reflection abnormalities with aging at earlier ages without further exacerbation at older ages.
著者
Hirofumi Tomiyama Masatsune Fujii Kazuki Shiina Shin-ichiro Ueda Yoichi Iwasaki Chisa Matsumoto Taishiro Chikamori
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Reports (ISSN:24340790)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.1, no.10, pp.438-444, 2019-10-10 (Released:2019-10-10)
参考文献数
31
被引用文献数
2

Background:This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study was conducted to examine the effects of lactotripeptide supplementation on 7-day mean tele-monitored home blood pressure (BP), and also on the markers of vascular function and renal damage in Japanese subjects with prehypertension.Methods and Results:A total of 26 subjects with prehypertension were randomly allocated to receive the active product (lactotripeptide tablet) or a placebo tablet for 8 weeks each in a cross-over manner. Urinary liver-type fatty acid-binding protein-to-creatine ratio (UFABPCR) and vascular function were measured at the end of each intervention. Home systolic and diastolic BP at the end of the lactotripeptide supplementation period was significantly lower than that at the end of the placebo period (P<0.05). On mixed linear model analysis there was a significant difference in the change in home diastolic BP after intervention between the 2 interventions (P=0.04). UFABPCR was significantly lower at the end of the lactotripeptide intervention period than at the end of the placebo period (P<0.05).Conclusions:The beneficial effect of lactotripeptide supplementation on 7-day mean tele-monitored home BP was confirmed in Japanese subjects with prehypertension. In addition, this intervention also seemed to have a protective effect against the progression of renal function decline.
著者
Kazuki Shiina Takamichi Takahashi Hiroki Nakano Masatsune Fujii Yoichi Iwasaki Chisa Matsumoto Akira Yamashina Taishiro Chikamori Hirofumi Tomiyama
出版者
Japan Atherosclerosis Society
雑誌
Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.63544, (Released:2022-04-28)
参考文献数
33
被引用文献数
2

Aims: This prospective observational study, which utilized repeated annual measurements performed over a 9-year period, applied mixed model analyses to examine age-related differences in longitudinal associations between alcohol intake and arterial stiffness, pressure wave reflection, and inflammation. Methods: In 4016 middle-aged (43±9 years) healthy Japanese male employees, alcohol intake, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), radial augmentation index (rAI), and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were measured annually during a 9-year study period. Results: The estimated marginal mean baPWV (non-drinkers=1306 cm/s, mild–moderate drinkers=1311 cm/s, and heavy drinkers=1337 cm/s, P<0.01) and that of rAI showed significant stepped increases in an alcohol dose-dependent manner in the entire cohort, but an increase in rAI was not observed in subjects aged ≥ 50 years. The estimated slope of the annual increase in baPWV, but not rAI, was higher for heavy drinkers than for non-drinkers (slope difference, 1.84; P<0.05), especially for subjects aged <50 years (slope difference, 2.84; P<0.05). Conclusion: In middle-aged male Japanese employees, alcohol intake may attenuate inflammatory activity. While alcohol intake may exacerbate the progression of arterial stiffening in a dose-dependent manner without mediating inflammation, especially in subjects under 50 years of age, it may promote pressure wave reflection abnormalities with aging at earlier ages without further exacerbation at older ages.