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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
We have investigated relationships between age, blood pressure and intracellular calcium concentration in platelets from normotensives and hypertensives. In normotensives, there were positive correlations between age and platelet intracellular calcium concentration (r = 0.76, P less than 0.001), age and mean arterial pressure (MAP; r = 0.55, P less than 0.01) and MAP and platelet intracellular calcium concentration (r = 0.45, P less than 0.01). Multiple regression analysis revealed that age was the primary determinant of platelet intracellular calcium concentration in normotensives. The effect of MAP on platelet intracellular calcium concentration when adjusted for age was not significant (P = 0.73). In hypertensives, there was no significant relationship between age and platelet intracellular calcium concentration (r = 0.15, P = 0.43), age and MAP (r = 0.17, P = 0.37) or MAP and platelet intracellular calcium concentration (r = -0.27, P = 0.15). Overall, platelet intracellular calcium concentration was significantly higher in hypertensives than in age-matched normotensives (P less than 0.05). Within the age groups examined, platelet intracellular calcium concentration was significantly higher only in younger hypertensives when compared with controls of a similar mean age (P less than 0.001). Thus, age, in addition to hypertension, is an important determinant of platelet intracellular calcium concentration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0263-6352
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
845-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
The effects of age on platelet intracellular free calcium concentrations in normotensives and hypertensives.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't