Title
Ovarian cycle and sympathoexcitation in premenopausal women
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-19-2012
Abstract
The influence of the ovarian cycle on muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) remains controversial. Some studies report an increase of resting MSNA during the mid luteal (ML) phase of the ovarian cycle compared with the early follicular phase, whereas other studies do not. These inconsistent findings may be attributable, in part, to the variable surges in estradiol and progesterone. We tested the hypothesis that the degree of sympathoexcitation during the ML phase (ΔMSNA) is associated with changes in estradiol (ΔE2) and progesterone (ΔP). Multiple regression analysis of data from previous studies with complete recordings of mean arterial pressure, MSNA, E2, and P during both early follicular and ML phases were available from 30 eumenorrheic women (age, 28±1 years; body mass index, 23±0 kg/m2). ML phase increased E2 (37±2 to 117±9 pg/mL; P2 (r=−0.50, P=0.003) and ΔE2/ΔP (r=−0.52, P=0.002) but not ΔP (r=0.21, P=0.13). There was no association between Δmean arterial pressure and ΔE2 (r=−0.13, P=0.49), ΔP (r=−0.04, P=0.83), or ΔE2/ΔP (r2, P, and MSNA likely explains previously reported inconsistencies in the field; it remains possible that other sex steroids, such as testosterone, might explain further variance.
Publication Title
Hypertension
Recommended Citation
Carter, J. R.,
Fu, Q.,
Minson, C. T.,
&
Joyner, M. J.
(2012).
Ovarian cycle and sympathoexcitation in premenopausal women.
Hypertension,
61, 395-399.
http://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.202598
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/kip-fp/32
Publisher's Statement
© 2013 American Heart Association, Inc. Publisher's version of record: https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.202598