Influence of Physical Inactivity On Arterial Compliance During a Glucose Challenge
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2018
Department
Kinesiology
Abstract
Acute hyperglycaemia has been shown to augment indices of arterial stiffness in patients with insulin resistance and other co‐morbidities; however, conflicting results exist in healthy young individuals. We examined whether acute hyperglycaemia after an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) increases arterial stiffness in healthy active men before and after reduced ambulatory physical activity to decrease insulin sensitivity. High‐resolution arterial diameter traces acquired from Doppler ultrasound allowed an arterial blood pressure (BP) waveform to be obtained from the diameter trace within a cardiac cycle. In 24 subjects, this method demonstrated sufficient agreement with the traditional approach for assessing arterial compliance using applanation tonometry. In 10 men, continuous recordings of femoral and brachial artery diameter and beat‐to‐beat BP (Finometer) were acquired at rest, 60 and 120 min of an OGTT before and after 5 days of reduced activity (from >10,000 today−1). Compliance and β‐stiffness were quantified. Before the reduction in activity, the OGTT had no effect on arterial compliance or β‐stiffness. However, after the reduction in activity, femoral compliance was decreased (rest, 0.10 ± 0.03 mm2 mmHg−1 versus 120 min OGTT, 0.06 ± 0.02 mm2 mmHg−1; P < 0.001) and femoral β‐stiffness increased (rest, 8.7 ± 2.7 a.u. versus 120 min OGTT, 15.3 ± 6.5 a.u.; P < 0.001) during OGTT, whereas no changes occurred in brachial artery compliance (P = 0.182) or stiffness (P = 0.892). Insulin sensitivity (Matsuda index) was decreased after the reduction in activity (P = 0.002). In summary, in young healthy men the femoral artery becomes susceptible to acute hyperglycaemia after 5 days of reduced activity and the resultant decrease in insulin sensitivity, highlighting the strong influence of daily physical activity levels on vascular physiology.
Publication Title
Experimental Physiology
Volume
103
Issue
4
First Page
483
Last Page
494
Recommended Citation
Credeur, D. P.,
Reynolds, L. J.,
Holwerda, S. W.,
Vranish, J. R.,
Young, B. E.,
Wang, J.,
Thyfault, J. P.,
Fadel, P. J.
(2018). Influence of Physical Inactivity On Arterial Compliance During a Glucose Challenge. Experimental Physiology, 103(4), 483-494.
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