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Elevated serum complement C3 levels are associated with prehypertension in an adult population

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 2017
Prehypertension is a public health epidemic associated with various adverse outcomes, but can be reversed by timely intervention. However, little attention has been paid to prehypertension.
Xue Bao, Qi Guo
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Prevalence and Risks Factors of Prehypertension in Africa: A Systematic Review

Annals of Global Health, 2022
Background: Hypertension is one of the major factors for high mortality of adults in Africa. However, complications occur at lower values than those previously classified as hypertension.
Koussoh Simone Malik, Kassi Anicet Adoubi, Jérôme Kouame, Madikiny Coulibaly, Marie-Laure Tiade, Serge Oga, Michèle Ake, Odile Ake, Luc Kouadio   +8 more
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Association of adiposity indices with prehypertension among Chinese adults: A cross‐sectional study

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2023
The association of adiposity indices with prehypertension remains unclear in the Chinese non‐hypertensive population. This study aimed to compare the association of adiposity indices, including waist circumference (WC), waist‐to‐height ratio, body ...
Mengyuan Xiao, Chaolei Chen, Jiabin Wang, Anping Cai, Dan Zhou, Guangyan Liu, Yingqing Feng   +6 more
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Diabetes modifies the association of prehypertension with cardiovascular disease and all‐cause mortality

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2021
Prehypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all‐cause mortality. However, it is unclear whether prehypertension combined with diabetes associate with a higher risk for cardiovascular disease and all‐cause mortality.
Yanlong Ren, Yingting Zuo, Anxin Wang, Shuohua Chen, Xue Tian, Haibin Li, Yan He, Shouling Wu, Changsheng Ma   +8 more
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High prevalence of prehypertension and its association with modifiable risk factors: findings of household steps survey from Urban Puducherry, South India

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020
Background: Prehypertension increases the likelihood of hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and renal failure, and it is amenable to control if it is detected early. The burden of prehypertension prevalent in the community is not much explored.
Sitanshu Sekahr Kar, Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, Gomathi Ramaswamy, K C Premarajan, Ganesh Kumar Saya, Vinodhkumar Kalidoss   +5 more
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Socioeconomic determinants of hypertension and prehypertension in Peru: Evidence from the Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundPeru is a Latin American country with a significant burden of hypertension that presents worrying rates of disparities in socioeconomic determinants.
Diego Chambergo-Michilot, Alexis Rebatta-Acuña, Carolina J Delgado-Flores, Carlos J Toro-Huamanchumo   +3 more
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Prehypertension Tsunami: A Decade Follow-Up of an Iranian Adult Population. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Prehypertension is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). There is no study to examine the incidence and risk factors of prehypertension in a sex stratified setting. The aim of this study was to examine the effect modification of sex for different
Farzad Hadaegh, Mitra Hasheminia, Hengameh Abdi, Davood Khalili, Mohammadreza Bozorgmanesh, Banafsheh Arshi, Fereidoun Azizi   +6 more
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A cross-sectional study of prehypertension among young adults residing in an urban area of South India

MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences, 2022
Background: Early warning signs of prehypertension indicate a higher likelihood of developing hypertension later in life. Prehypertension was given a new classification in the Seventh Joint National Committee-7 report that distinguished it from ...
Bhagyalaxmi Sidenur, Gowri Shankar
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Prehypertension and its optimal indicator among adults in Hubei Province, Central China, 2013–2015

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 2017
Background: Hypertension accounts for 7% of the annual global disease burden, despite great efforts to counter this trend. Thus, interventions targeted at prehypertension might lead to a breakthrough for hypertension prevention. This study focused on the
Mengdi Ma, Xiaodong Tan, Shuzhen Zhu
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Cugini's syndrome: its clinical history and diagnosis

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2013
INTRODUCTION: This article deals with the description and diagnosis of a new nosographic syndrome, which received the eponym of "Cugini's syndrome" by the name of the Author who discovered its clinical picture.
Laura Gasbarrone
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