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Self-reported health and health care use in an ageing population in the Agincourt sub-district of rural South Africa. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: South Africa is experiencing a demographic and epidemiological transition with an increase in population aged 50 years and older and rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases. This, coupled with high HIV and tuberculosis prevalence, puts
Clark, Benjamin, Gómez-Olivé, Francesc Xavier, Kahn, Kathleen, Thorogood, Margaret, Tollman, Stephen   +4 more
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Association Between High Perceived Stress Over Time and Incident Hypertension in Black Adults: Findings From the Jackson Heart Study. [PDF]

, 2019
Background Chronic psychological stress has been associated with hypertension, but few studies have examined this relationship in blacks. We examined the association between perceived stress levels assessed annually for up to 13 years and incident ...
Abdalla, Marwah, Allison, Matthew, Blackshear, Chad, Butler, Mark J, Castañeda, Sheila F, Kalinowski, Jolaade, Langford, Aisha T, Ogedegbe, Gbenga, Shimbo, Daichi, Sims, Mario, Spruill, Tanya M, Tajeu, Gabriel S, Thomas, S Justin   +12 more
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HYPERTENSION AND LIFE SATISFACTION: A COMMENT AND REPLICATION OF BLANCHFLOWER AND OSWALD (2007) [PDF]

This study examines the relationship between hypertension and life satisfaction using objective measures of hypertension from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Our results confirm the analysis in Blanchflower and Oswald (2007)
Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Stefania Mojon-Azzi
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Effects of High Flavanol Dark Chocolate on Cardiovascular Function and Platelet Aggregation. [PDF]

, 2015
Regular consumption of chocolate and cocoa products has been linked to reduced cardiovascular mortality. This study compared the effects of high flavanol dark chocolate (HFDC; 1064mg flavanols/day for 6 weeks) and low flavanol dark chocolate (LFDC; 88mg ...
Akita, Armstrong, Atholl Johnston, Avolio, Balzer, Buijsse, Buijsse, Butcher, Curtis, Curtis, Custodis, David J. Collier, Duprez, Engler, Flammer, Flammer, Fredholm, Grassi, Grassi, Gresele, Gu, Gurvinder Rull, Heiss, Hermann, Holland, Holt, Innes, Janszky, Julian Shiel, Kokubo, Kris-Etherton, Kris-Etherton, Lakatta, Langer, Larsson, Larsson, Laurent, Lopez-Garcia, Manisty, Martina H. Lundberg, Murphy, Pereira, Rambaran, Rein, Ried, Roger Corder, Schroeter, Sever, Sharman, Smolenski, Taubert, Thorin, Timothy D. Warner, Varughese, Williams, Yu, Zetty N. Mohd-Zain   +56 more
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Cortisol Secreting Adrenal Adenoma in a 5 Year Old Child [PDF]

, 2011
Adrenal adenoma is a rare endocrinal tumor in children. It can present with features of Cushing's syndrome. We present a case report of five years old female child who came with morbid obesity and hypertension.
Narang, Gursharan Singh, Pahwa, Jivtesh Singh   +1 more
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Association between handgrip strength and hypertension in children and adolescents: an analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2014

Frontiers in Pediatrics
AimHandgrip strength (HGS), a measure of muscle strength, has been reported to be associated with the risk of hypertension in adults. This study intended to assess the relationship of relative HGS (rHGS) and HGS asymmetry ratio with elevated blood ...
Huanhuan Li, Hongmei Gu
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Number of Measurements Needed to Obtain a Reliable Estimate of Home Blood Pressure: Results From the Improving the Detection of Hypertension Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018
Background Obtaining out‐of‐clinic blood pressure (BP) measurements to confirm a diagnosis of hypertension is recommended before initiating treatment. There are few empiric data available on the number of measurements required to reliably estimate BP on ...
Natalie A. Bello, Joseph E. Schwartz, Ian M. Kronish, Suzanne Oparil, D. Edmund Anstey, Ying Wei, Ying Kuen K. Cheung, Paul Muntner, Daichi Shimbo   +8 more
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Household food insecurity, sociodemographic and lifestyle risk factors associated with high blood pressure among women in farming communities in Ghana

BMC Women's Health
Background Hypertension remains a primary contributor to avoidable mortality and impairment. This study aimed to examine the association between household food insecurity (HFI), another public health concern, and hypertension among women farmers in peri ...
Aaron Kobina Christian, Ruth Tenkoramaa Owu, Irene A. Kretchy   +2 more
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PERAN PERAWAT DALAM MONITORING ANTIHIPERTENSI PADA PENDERITA HIPERTENSI

Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan, 2015
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common condition in which the force of the blood against your artery walls is high. Hypertension etiology is classified as either primary (essential) hypertension or secondary hypertension.
Siti Muflihah, Nurul Kamariyah
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Research Progress on Blood Pressure Management of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Signaling Pathway Inhibitor-related Hypertension [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue
Vascular endothelial growth factor signaling pathway (VSP) inhibitors have gradually increased and been widely used recently, with a high incidence of inducing hypertension adverse events.
SUI Hongping, LI Tingting, JIANG Tongtong, XIA Yunlong, SHI Tieying
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