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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN13479086
ISRCTN13479086
Active, not recruiting
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Sex differences in the role of sympathetic nerve activity in the development of hypertension in humans

niversity of Bristol0 sites148 target enrollmentJune 28, 2019

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
niversity of Bristol
Enrollment
148
Status
Active, not recruiting
Last Updated
5 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
June 28, 2019
End Date
April 30, 2022
Last Updated
5 years ago
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Bristol

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Aged 18\-75 years
  • 2\. Hypertensive patients: Office blood pressure \= 140/90 mmHg and daytime ambulatory blood pressure \=135/85 mmHg
  • 3\. Normotensive participants: Office blood pressure \< 140/90 mmHg and daytime ambulatory blood pressure \< 135/85 mmHg
  • 4\. Postmenopausal women: No period for at least 12 months and not using hormonal contraception (NICE, 2015\)

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Secondary causes of hypertension
  • 2\. Body mass index \> \= 30 kg/m2
  • 3\. Oophorectomy (removal of ovaries) prior to onset of natural menopause
  • 4\. Pregnancy/breastfeeding women
  • 5\. Taking hormone replacement therapy
  • 6\. Taking nitrate, steroid, anti\-coagulant or immunosuppressant medication or medication as part of a clinical trial
  • 7\. Major illness e.g. cancer, inflammatory disease (including vasculitis) or receiving palliative care
  • 8\. Diagnosed cardiovascular (including arrhythmia), respiratory (including asthma), psychiatric, renal or ophthalmic disease
  • 9\. Congenital or acquired neurological conditions (including dementia), language disorders, repeated or chronic pain conditions (excluding menstrual pain and minor sporadic headaches)
  • 10\. Diabetes

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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