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Effects of prehypertension and hypertension subtype on cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure defined blood pressure (BP) levels of 120 to 139/80 to 89 mm Hg as prehypertension and those of ≥140/90 mm Hg as hypertension ...
Woodward, M   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Associations of the Triglyceride and Glucose Index With Hypertension Stages, Phenotypes, and Their Progressions Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese

open access: yesInternational Journal of Public Health, 2023
Objectives: To assess the associations of the triglyceride and glucose (TyG) index with hypertension stages, phenotypes, and their progressions.Methods: The data originated from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.
Shiyi Shan   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and significance of alterations in cardiac structure and function in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
<p><b>Background:</b> The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of abnormalities in cardiac structure and function present in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) and to determine whether ...
Michel Komajda   +18 more
core   +1 more source

Is Isolated Systolic Hypertension Worse Than Combined Systolic/Diastolic Hypertension? [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2012
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2012;14:808–809. ©2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.New developments in cardiovascular translational sciences have significantly advanced our understanding of the endovascular biology of blood pressure. Reductions in vascular elasticity and vessel compliance of conduit arteries are key components of both ISH and SDH.
Yonggang, Ma   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Association of genetic variation with systolic and diastolic blood pressure among African Americans: the Candidate Gene Association Resource study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The prevalence of hypertension in African Americans (AAs) is higher than in other US groups; yet, few have performed genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in AA.
Keating, BJ   +999 more
core   +1 more source

Leg and arm adiposity is inversely associated with diastolic hypertension in young and middle-aged United States adults

open access: yesClinical Hypertension, 2022
Background We sought to determine the association between appendicular adiposity and hypertension, with the purpose of better understanding the role of body fat distribution on blood pressure (BP).
Aayush Visaria   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Combined associations of general obesity and central obesity with hypertension stages and phenotypes among children and adolescents in Zhejiang, China

open access: yesThe Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2023
General and central obesity are suggested to be associated with elevated blood pressure (BP), whereas few studies have investigated their combined associations with hypertension in children.
Dong Zhao   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiovascular Risk of Isolated Diastolic Hypertension Defined by the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Blood Pressure Guideline: A Nationwide Age-Stratified Cohort Study

open access: yesHYPERTENSION, 2020
The prevalence of isolated diastolic hypertension (IDH) increased by 5-fold according to the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/ AHA) blood pressure (BP) guideline.
Hokyou Lee   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Anthropometric risk factors and predictors of hypertension among Saudi adult population – A national survey

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019
This cross-sectional study aimed at determining the anthropometric predictors of hypertension among adults in Saudi Arabia. Multi-stage stratified sampling was used to select 4758 adult participants. The average of three blood pressure measurements using
Abdalla Abdelwahid Saeed   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hypertension Subtypes, Mortality Risk, and Differential Effects Between Two Hypertension Guidelines

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2022
Aim:To examine which hypertension subtypes are primarily responsible for the difference in the hypertension prevalence and treatment recommendations, and to assess their mortality risk if 2017 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart ...
Hui Mai   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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