Browsing by Subject "Hypertension"
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A U-shaped Association Between Blood Pressure and Cognitive Impairment in Chinese Elderly.
(Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2017-02)<h4>Objectives</h4>Higher or lower blood pressure may relate to cognitive impairment, whereas the relationship between blood pressure and cognitive impairment among the elderly is not well-studied. The study objective was ... -
Apparent treatment-resistant hypertension and chronic kidney disease: another cardiovascular-renal syndrome?
(Adv Chronic Kidney Dis, 2014-11)To identify patients at increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) outcomes, apparent treatment-resistant hypertension (aTRH) is defined as having a blood pressure above goal despite the use of 3 or more antihypertensive therapies ... -
Association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms and obesity and hypertension in early adulthood: a population-based study.
(Int J Obes (Lond), 2011-06)OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, obesity and hypertension in young adults in a large population-based cohort. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The ... -
Association between depression and hypertension using classic and revised blood pressure thresholds.
(Family practice, 2020-10)<h4>Background</h4>In a primary care population, the relationship between treatment of depression and hypertension (HTN) under the recently revised American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association HTN thresholds ... -
Association of mercury exposure with blood pressure among adults near artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru.
(2019-04-26)There have been few studies investigating the association between mercury exposure and blood pressure, with inconsistent results. In this study, the association between hair mercury concentration with mean arterial pressure ... -
Blood pressure level impacts risk of death among HIV seropositive adults in Kenya: a retrospective analysis of electronic health records.
(BMC Infect Dis, 2014-05-22)BACKGROUND: Mortality among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is increasingly due to non-communicable causes. This has been observed mostly in developed countries and the routine care of HIV infected ... -
Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Severely Obese Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1999-2012.
(Childhood obesity (Print), 2016-02)<h4>Background</h4>Severely obese children and adolescents are at high risk of suffering obesity-related comorbidities. This article is to examine the dose-response relationship between weight status and cardiometabolic ... -
Comment on Cavero-Redondo et al. (2021) 'Comparative effect of eHealth interventions on hypertension management-related outcomes'.
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Compliance of First-Line Anti-Hypertensive Medications in Elderly Tibetan Semi-Nomadic Pastoralists
(2012)The burden of hypertension and subsequent in Tibet is quite profound and disproportionate when compared to other Chinese populations. Thus, there has a recent impetus to focus on low-cost sustainable health interventions ... -
Effects of adult age and blood pressure on executive function and speed of processing.
(Experimental aging research, 2010-04)Previous research has established that the effects of chronically increased blood pressure (BP) on cognition interact with adult age, but the relevant cognitive processes are not well defined. In this cross-sectional study, ... -
Effects of the dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet, exercise, and caloric restriction on neurocognition in overweight adults with high blood pressure.
(Hypertension, 2010-06)High blood pressure increases the risks of stroke, dementia, and neurocognitive dysfunction. Although aerobic exercise and dietary modifications have been shown to reduce blood pressure, no randomized trials have examined ... -
Epidemiology of hypertension in Northern Tanzania: a community-based mixed-methods study.
(BMJ Open, 2017-11-09)INTRODUCTION: Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly vulnerable to the growing global burden of hypertension, but epidemiological studies are limited and barriers to optimal management are poorly understood. Therefore, we undertook ... -
Gaps in Hypertension Guidelines in Low- and Middle-Income Versus High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.
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Geographic differences in the prevalence of hypertension in Uganda: Results of a national epidemiological study.
(PloS one, 2018-01)BACKGROUND:Hypertension accounts for more than 212 million global disability-adjusted life-years, and more than 15 million in sub-Saharan Africa. Identifying factors underlying the escalating burden of hypertension in sub-Saharan ... -
Heart disease and stroke statistics--2011 update: a report from the American Heart Association.
(Circulation, 2011-02)Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together the most up-to-date statistics ... -
Heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa.
(Curr Cardiol Rev, 2013-05)The heart failure syndrome has been recognized as a significant contributor to cardiovascular disease burden in sub-Saharan African for many decades. Seminal knowledge regarding heart failure in the region came from case ... -
Hypertension Analysis from the National Income Dynamics Survey-South Africa Field Work in Zimbabwe Investigating the usefulness of Home Blood Pressure Monitors to Control Hypertension
(2010)This study was conducted using data that was collected as part of the National Income Dynamic Study(NIDS). We hypothesized that in the NIDS study conducted in South Africa this phenomenon would be observed as a rise in the ... -
Hypertension Improvement Project (HIP): study protocol and implementation challenges.
(Trials, 2009-02-26)<h4>Background</h4>Hypertension affects 29% of the adult U.S. population and is a leading cause of heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure. Despite numerous effective treatments, only 53% of people with hypertension are ... -
Hypertension Susceptibility Loci are Associated with Anthracycline-related Cardiotoxicity in Long-term Childhood Cancer Survivors.
(Scientific reports, 2017-08-29)Anthracycline-based chemotherapy is associated with dose-dependent, irreversible damage to the heart. Childhood cancer survivors with hypertension after anthracycline exposure are at increased risk of cardiotoxicity, leading ... -
Impact of Kidney Function on Effects of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (Dash) Diet.
OBJECTIVES: Although the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet lowers blood pressure in adults with hypertension, how kidney function impacts this effect is not known. We evaluated whether Estimated Glomerular ...
