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Assessment of sublingual microcirculation for the screening of diabetic nephropathy

Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, 2022
Objective To investigate the potential of employing sublingual microcirculation as an early noninvasive screening technique for diabetic nephropathy (DN).
Qiang Li, XiaoXiao Liu, Mengxiao Jia, Fang Sun, Yingsha Li, Hexuan Zhang, Xiaoli Liu, Hongbo He, Zhigang Zhao, Zhencheng Yan, Zhiming Zhu   +10 more
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Hypertension among Oral Contraceptive Users in El Paso, Texas [PDF]

, 2013
On the U.S.-Mexico border, residents frequently cross into Mexico to obtain medications or medical care. We previously reported relatively high prevalence of hypertension among Latina oral contraceptive users in El Paso, particularly those obtaining ...
Amastae, Jon, Grossman, Daniel, Hopkins, Kristine, Potter, Joseph E., White, Kari   +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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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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Activation of Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin Subtype 8 Attenuates Cold‐Induced Hypertension Through Ameliorating Vascular Mitochondrial Dysfunction

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017
BackgroundEnvironmental cold‐induced hypertension is common, but how to treat cold‐induced hypertension remains an obstacle. Transient receptor potential melastatin subtype 8 (TRPM8) is a mild cold‐sensing nonselective cation channel that is activated by
Shiqiang Xiong, Bin Wang, Shaoyang Lin, Hexuan Zhang, Yingsha Li, Xing Wei, Yuanting Cui, Xiao Wei, Zongshi Lu, Peng Gao, Li Li, Zhigang Zhao, Daoyan Liu, Zhiming Zhu   +13 more
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Vascular fibrosis in aging and hypertension: molecular mechanisms and clinical implications [PDF]

, 2016
Aging is the primary risk factor underlying hypertension and incident cardiovascular disease. With aging, the vasculature undergoes structural and functional changes characterized by endothelial dysfunction, wall thickening, reduced distensibility, and ...
Harvey, Adam, Lopes, Rheure Alves, Montezano, Augusto C., Rios, Francisco, Touyz, Rhian   +4 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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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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Hypertension Pharmacological Treatment in Adults: A World Health Organization Guideline Executive Summary

HYPERTENSION, 2021
Hypertension is a major cause of cardiovascular disease and deaths worldwide especially in low- and middle-income countries. Despite the availability of safe, well-tolerated, and cost-effective blood pressure (BP)-lowering therapies,
A. Al-Makki, D. DiPette, P. Whelton, M. Murad, R. Mustafa, Shrish Acharya, H. Beheiry, B. Champagne, K. Connell, M. Cooney, N. Ezeigwe, T. Gaziano, Agaba Gidio, P. López-Jaramillo, U. Khan, V. Kumarapeli, Andrew E. Moran, Margaret Mswema Silwimba, B. Rayner, Apichard Sukonthasan, Jing Yu, Nizal Saraffzadegan, K. Reddy, Taskeen Khan   +23 more
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