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A group of 10 borderline hypertensive obese subjects had higher (P less than 0.05) supine plasma norepinephrine (NE), epinephrine, and PRA levels as well as greater (P less than 0.05) NE responses to upright posture and isometric handgrip exercise than 12 nonobese controls. Plasma NE as well as mean arterial pressure (MAP) responses to posture and handgrip in the obese patients demonstrated a significant decrement at week 2 after the onset of a low calorie diet. Decrements in plasma NE and MAP responses to posture were correlated (r = 0.61; P less than 0.05) throughout an 8-week period of weight loss in these borderline hypertensive obese subjects. In 15 normotensive obese subjects as well as in the 10 borderline hypertensive obese subjects, weight reduction associated with a very low calorie intake was accompanied by a reduction in supine plasma NE, epinephrine, and MAP 2 weeks after the onset of dieting. PRA decreased after 8 weeks of dieting in both obese groups, and these PRA decrements were correlated with reductions in MAP and decrements in plasma NE. We conclude that enhanced sympathetic activity may play a role in the maintenance of elevated blood pressure in obese individuals. Decreases in PRA and blood pressure associated with weight loss in both normotensive and hypertensive obese individuals occurs, in part, secondary to reductions in plasma NE levels.
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