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The Effects of Space and Terrestrial Weather Factors on Arterial Stiffness and Endothelial Function in Humans

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A differential evolution algorithm was used to detect the biotropic influence of geomagnetic activity on several parameters of human vascular tone. Studies of the characteristics of vascular tone in healthy volunteers showed that arterial stiffness and endothelial function, as well as blood pressure and heart rate, depend on the geomagnetic and, in most cases, weather conditions. The pulse wave velocity (PWV) was measured to characterize the arterial stiffness and was found to be the most sensitive to the effects of space weather parameters. The strength of the effect of geomagnetic activity was for the first time observed to depend on the configuration of terrestrial weather parameters. A linear correlation between the K index of geomagnetic activity and PWV was estimated at r =–0.44 (p = 0.0003), although the relationship was detectable exclusively in the case of certain terrestrial weather parameters. Endothelial dysfunction and the pulse-rate response to variations in geomagnetic activity implicated nitrogen monoxide in body adaptation to variations in geomagnetic activity.

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Abbreviations

SBP:

systolic blood pressure

DBP:

diastolic blood pressure

PWV:

pulse wave velocity

EF:

endothelial function

ΔPWV:

difference between PWVs measured before and after an occlusion test

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  1. Research and Clinical Center, OOO Russian Railways, Moscow, 125315, Russia

    Yu. I. Gurfinkel & M. L. Sasonko

  2. Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    V. A. Ozheredov & T. K. Breus

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Original Russian Text © Yu.I. Gurfinkel, V.A. Ozheredov, T.K. Breus, M.L. Sasonko, 2018, published in Biofizika, 2018, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 402–411.

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Gurfinkel, Y.I., Ozheredov, V.A., Breus, T.K. et al. The Effects of Space and Terrestrial Weather Factors on Arterial Stiffness and Endothelial Function in Humans. BIOPHYSICS 63, 299–306 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350918020094

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