| 초록 |
Background: It is known that hypertension is well
controlled with successful kidney transplantation (KT), but
the
effect of KT on circadian rhythm has not been fully
investigated. The aim of this study is to investigate the
change
of circadian rhythm before and after KT.
Methods: Forty-six patients took the ambulatory blood
pressure monitoring (ABPM) before KT and 1 year after KT.
According to the nocturnal reduction of systolic blood
pressure (△SBP), we divided patients into dipper(△SBP
≥
10%), non-dipper (0<△SBP ≤10%), and reverse dipper
(SBP nocturnal rise). We investigated change of circadian
rhythm both before KT and at 1 year after KT. We also
evaluated the mean blood pressure, proportion of
hypertensive
patients and number of anti-hypertensive medication
before and after KT.
Results: Circadian rhythm before and after KT showed
diverse pattern. Proportion of dipper, non-dipper and
reverse
dipper before KT was 15% (7/46), 59% (27/46) and 26%
(12/46), respectively. After KT, proportion of three patterns
was similar to those of pre KT. However, dippers were
decreased from 15% (7/46) to 8% (4/46), and reverse
dippers
were increased from 26% (12/46) to 33% (15/46) at 1 year
post-transplant. Mean blood pressure did not differ
before and after KT (125±18/82±13 vs.121±10/81±9
mmHg, p>0.05) and proportion of hypertensive patients
(with
or without medications) also did not differ before and after
KT (83%(38/46) vs 39% (18/46), p>0.05). But, number
of anti-hypertensive medication was significantly
decreased after KT (1.7±1.2 vs 0.6±0.9, p<0.05).
Conclusions: The overall blood pressure improved, but
abnormal circadian rhythm does not improve in most
patients
even after successful kidney transplantation. |