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Examining the influence of wealth status on prehypertension risk in women aged 30–49: evidence from the 2018 Benin demographic and health survey

BMC Research Notes
Background There is an interest in the extent to which the wealth status of women predicts their risk of being pre-hypertensive. This understanding is lacking in the current body of empirical literature, particularly within the context of Benin.
Castro Ayebeng, Joshua Okyere, Samuel Salu, Kwamena Sekyi Dickson   +3 more
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Demographic and Socioeconomic Predictors of Prehypertension and Hypertension in the Adult Population: Serbian National Health Survey

Medicina
Background and Objectives: Prehypertension and hypertension are the most common cardiovascular disorders worldwide and are increasingly considered one of the most serious public health problems, particularly in developing countries. The objective of this
Igor Dimitrijev, Snezana Radovanovic, Zoran Vesic, Goran Colakovic, Viktor Selakovic, Ana Lackovic, Slavica S. Djordjevic, Maja Pesic, Danijela Nesovic, Radomir Lazarevic, Ognjen Djordjevic, Olgica Mihaljevic, Aleksandra Obradovic, Verica Vukicevic, Nikoleta Janicijevic, Jovana Radovanovic   +15 more
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Prehypertension and associated factors among university students in the Philippines

, 2015
Prehypertension is a new category of blood pressure, and is considered a cardiovascular risk factor. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of prehypertension and its associated factors in young adults in the Philippines.
Pengpid, S., Peltzer, K., Ferrer, A.J.G.
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Prevalence and Determinants of Prehypertension Among Adult Patients Visiting a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi

Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry
Background: A worldwide health concern, hypertension causes many complications, such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, chronic renal disease, and premature heart failure. Prehypertension, a transition condition that lies between normal and raised blood
Komal Samir, Aiesha Ishaque
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Prevalence of prehypertension in a rural district of Southern India

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2015
Background: Estimating the prevalence of prehypertension and its risk factors in a population becomes important to design preventive measures and hence reduce the burden of hypertension.The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of ...
Marinayakanakoppalu R Ravi, Nagaralu C Ashok, M Renuka   +2 more
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Who benefits from treating prehypertension?

, 2010
With a drug company funded conference on prehypertension set to take place next year, Ray Moynihan examines the emergence of this controversial new ...
Moynihan, Ray, R. Moynihan
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Analysis of influencing factor of coexisting prediabetes and prehypertension in adult residents of Jilin Province

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2018
Background To explore the risk factors of coexisting prediabetes and prehypertension, to provide theoretical basis for early intervention. Methods A multi-stage stratified random cluster sampling method was used to randomly select adult residents from ...
Xiaowei Wang, Mingjie Wang, Shuangshuang Shao, Yang Zhang, Siyu Liu, Yue Gao, Yuhang Shen, Pinghui Sun   +7 more
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Additional risk factors for prehypertension

Indian Heart Journal, 2012
The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC7) introduced a new category, “prehypertension”, defined as systolic BP of 120–139 mmHg and/or a diastolic BP of 80–89 mmHg, replacing former categories of “above optimal” and “high normal”.1 The rationale for redefining this
Patil, T.R., Patil, Anuprita, Patil, Snehal   +2 more
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Inflammation and Prehypertension

Kidney & blood pressure research, 2010
Hypertension is not a characteristic of endemic nephropathy and occurs only at the advanced stages of the renal disease.
Čvoriščec, Dubravka, Cvitković, Ante, Vuković Brinar, Ivana, Karanović, Sandra, Miletić-Medved, Marica, Jelaković, Bojan, Laganović, Mario, Dika, Živka, Bitunjac, Milan   +8 more
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Association of Prehypertension with Renin Angiotensin System: A Cross-Sectional Study on Tribal Population of Northern India

Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences
Introduction: Hypertension (HTN), the third risk factor driving death and disability as per Global Burden of Disease 2019, is a major public health concern. Prehypertension, the intermediate stage between HTN and normal blood pressure (BP), is associated
Vani Kandpal, Mohinder Pal Sachdeva, Kallur Nava Saraswathy   +2 more
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