| Autor: |
S I, Jaja, T A, Gbadamosi, M O, Kehinde, S, Gbenebitse |
| Rok vydání: |
2003 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal. 10:6 |
| ISSN: |
1117-1936 |
| DOI: |
10.4103/1117-1936.171602 |
| Popis: |
The effects of warmth stimulation and/or supplementation with vitamin E (300 mg/day for 6 weeks) on forearm blood flow (FBF) and forearm vascular resistance (FVR) were measured in 8 sickle cell anaemia (SCA) (mean age = 22.8 + 0.8 years) and 11 non sickle cell anaemia (NSCA) subjects (mean age = 23.2 + 1.1 years) of both sexes. Warmth stimulation was induced by immersing the left foot in warm water at 400C for 2 minutes. Forearm blood flow was measured with the venous occlusion plethysmography method. Warmth increased FBF (p0.01 in each group) and reduced FVR (p0.05) in NSCA subjects. The change in FBF was greater (p0.05) in the NSCA subjects than in the SCA subjects. Supplementation with vitamin E reduced systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) (p0.001 in each case) in the NSCA subjects but had little or no effect on the SCA subjects. Vitamin E increased FBF in NSCA subjects (p0.05) and SCA subjects (p0.01) and decreased FVR in both groups (p0.05 in NSCA and p0.01 in SCA subjects). The change in FVR seen in the NSCA subjects was less (p0.01) than the change in SCA subjects. After supplementation with vitamin E, warmth further decreased SBP (p0.01 in each group) and FVR (p0.01 in each case) and increased FBF in both groups (p0.01 respectively). The changes caused by warmth after vitamin E supplementation on the blood pressure parameters, FBF and FVR were similar in the two groups of subjects. |
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