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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

Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments in Early Systemic Sclerosis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to identify factors associated with patient global assessment (PtGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) and discordance between them in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Data from adults with early SSc (<5 years) from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry were included.
Ellen Romich   +35 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolated Biventricular Noncompaction in an adult with severe pulmonary hypertension : an association reviewed. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Biventricular noncompaction is a recently recognized rare form of cardiomyopathy. It is characterized by altered structure of myocardial wall as a result of intrauterine arrest of compaction of the myocardial fibers in absence of coexisting congenital
Awasthy, Neeraj   +2 more
core  

Brachial and central hypertension in relation to coronary stenosis in patients with coronary angiography

open access: yesThe Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2023
The clinical significance of central beyond brachial blood pressure (BP) remains unclear. In patients who underwent coronary angiography, the authors explored whether elevated central BP would be associated with coronary arterial disease (CAD ...
Yu Chen   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Coronary Artery Calcium Progression: A Case Cohort Analysis From ELSA‐Brasil

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To investigate the association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) prevalence, incidence, and progression over four years in adults without prior cardiovascular disease. Methods A case‐cohort study within the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA‐Brasil) included 585 participants (86 patients with ...
Patrícia Fonseca Estrada   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hypertension [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Hypertension is a rapidly moving clinical field with frequent developments in new pharmacologic agents and management strategies. Perhaps more importantly, there have been substantial improvements in our understanding of how best to use the drugs ...
Farrugia, Emanuel
core  

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

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

The Gut–Heart Axis in Systemic Sclerosis: Evidence From a Large Prospective Early Disease Cohort

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Cardiac involvement significantly impacts prognosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc), highlighting the need for early risk stratification. Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are common and often manifest early. Emerging data suggest a link between GI and cardiac manifestations, possibly through shared mechanisms like dysautonomia.
Francesca R. Di Ciommo   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Racial disparities in hypertension subtype prevalence over the lifecourse: evidence of accelerated arterial ageing in a population representative cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMJ Public Health
Introduction Racially minoritised populations, particularly Black individuals, have been shown to have an earlier average age of onset of hypertension (elevated systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure) compared with White individuals potentially due to ‘
Michelle C Odden, Alexis N. Reeves
doaj   +1 more source

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