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Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension and association with ethnicity in Nigeria: results from a national survey. [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVE: Non-communicable diseases are now a global priority. We report on the prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors, including ethnicity, in a nationally representative sample of Nigerian adults recruited to a survey of visual impairment ...
Entekume, Gabriel, Fox, Samantha, Gilbert, Clare E, Imam, Abdullahi U, Mahdi, Abdull M, Murthy, Gudlavalleti VS, Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment study group, Sivasubramaniam, Selvaraj   +7 more
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Risk Factors of Hypertension in Menopausal Women in Rejomulyo, Madiun [PDF]

, 2015
Hypertension is a state of blood pressure ≥140 mmHg (systolic) or ≥90 mmHg (diastolic). Incidence of women hypertension in Rejomulyo from January to November 2013 reached 28.4%, in which 87% were menopausal.
Ardiani, H. (Hanifah), Saraswati, L. D. (Lintang), Susanto, H. S. (Henry)   +2 more
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Hypoxic preconditioning induces epigenetic changes and modifies swine mesenchymal stem cell angiogenesis and senescence in experimental atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis

Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2021
Background Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) is a risk factor for ischemic and hypertensive kidney disease (HKD) for which autologous mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) appears to be a promising therapy.
Busra Isik, Roman Thaler, Busra B. Goksu, Sabena M. Conley, Hayder Al-Khafaji, Arjunmohan Mohan, Mohsen Afarideh, Abdelrhman M. Abumoawad, Xiang Y. Zhu, James D. Krier, Ishran M. Saadiq, Hui Tang, Alfonso Eirin, LaTonya J. Hickson, Andre J. van Wijnen, Stephen C. Textor, Lilach O. Lerman, Sandra M. Herrmann   +17 more
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Mechanisms of hypertension during and after orthotopic liver transplantation in children [PDF]

, 1989
The aim of this study was to assess the hormonal alterations that may mediate the systemic hypertension that develops in patients during the perioperative period of orthotopic liver transplantation.
Akerstedt, Andrews, Ann Thompson, Arroyo, Bantle, Bantle, Baxter, Baylis, Bellet, Bernardi, Better, Bland, Bomzon, Bonjour, Borland, Busuttil, Cappuccio, Carlos Esquivel, Chrymko, Clement de Clety, Curtis, D. Ryan Cook, Demetrius Ellis, Epstein, Eskay, Filep, Floras, Gaillard, Gardner, Gartner, Gentile, Gerr, Glantz, Graystone, Henriksen, Hiatt, Januszewicz, Kimura, Kohno, Lau, Ledsome, Leslie, Loughran, Lustig, Mason, Minuk, Moss, Murrey, Nakai, Nicholls, Oaks, Ogawa, Palestine, Papadakis, Powell-Jackson, Ring-Larsen, Ring-Larsen, Rosanto, Salazar, Schacter, Seino, Shapiro, Skorecki, Starzl, Stephen Lawless, Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children, Thomas Starzl, Thompson, Vacanti, Voorhees, Weidle, Weidmann, Williams   +72 more
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Androgens and Hypertension in Men and Women: a Unifying View. [PDF]

, 2017
This review was designed to revaluate the androgen role on the mechanisms of hypertension and cardiovascular risks in both men and women. Sex steroids are involved in the regulation of blood pressure, but pathophysiological mechanism is not well ...
Carmina, E. 4., Gnessi, Lucio, Lanzolla, Giulia, Moretti, Costanzo, Moretti, Marta   +4 more
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Higher plasma renin activity is associated with increased kidney damage risk in patients with hypertension and glucose metabolic disorders

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2022
The impact of renin on kidney remain unclear among hypertensives with glucose metabolic disorders (GMD). We aimed to evaluate the association between plasma renin activity (PRA) and kidney damage in hypertensive patients with GMD.
Mengyue Lin, Mulalibieke Heizhati, Lin Gan, Jing Hong, Ting Wu, Zuhere Xiamili, Ling Tong, Yue Lin, Nanfang Li   +8 more
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Potassium and Hypertension [PDF]

Nutrition Reviews, 2009
A recent meta-analysis supports the premise that increased potassium intake may play a role in the prevention and treatment of hypertension. The possible mechanisms by which potassium may act as an antihypertensive and recommendations regarding increasing potassium intake are also discussed.
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Limited Contribution of Health Behaviours to Expanding Income-Related Chronic Disease Disparities Based on a Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in China [PDF]

, 2018
This study estimated the association of income and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and hypertension, and then quantified the contribution of health behaviors to the association in China.
Frakes, Kaitlyn, Shen, Jay J,, Wang, Qing   +2 more
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Sedentary lifestyle and its associated factors among adolescents from public and private schools of a Brazilian state capital

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Adolescence is a transition stage between childhood and adulthood and is an important phase for the acquisition of future lifestyles, including the practice of physical activity (PA).
Flávia Miquetichuc Nogueira Nascente, Thiago Veiga Jardim, Maria do Rosário Gondim Peixoto, Carolina de Souza Carneiro, Karla Lorena Mendonça, Thaís Inácio Rolim Póvoa, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso, Paulo César Brandão Veiga Jardim   +8 more
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Primary aldosteronism in Klinefelter’s syndrome: two cases

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2019
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is more common than expected. Aberrant adrenal expression of luteinizing hormone (LH) receptor in patients with PA has been reported; however, its physiological role on the development of PA is still unknown.
Yasufumi Seki, Satoshi Morimoto, Naohiro Yoshida, Kanako Bokuda, Nobukazu Sasaki, Midori Yatabe, Junichi Yatabe, Daisuke Watanabe, Satoru Morita, Keisuke Hata, Tomoko Yamamoto, Yoji Nagashima, Atsuhiro Ichihara   +12 more
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