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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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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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The prevalence and influencing factors of coexisting prediabetes and prehypertension among Bangladeshi adults

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Early detection of diabetes and hypertension is helpful to prevent and/or delay the onset of these diseases through proper interventions. Therefore, it is a prerequisite to know the prevalence of prediabetes and prehypertension and the factors
Maksuda Yesmin, Masum Ali, Sanjib Saha
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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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Correlates of measured prehypertension and hypertension in Latina women living along the US-Mexico border, 2007-2009. [PDF]

, 2014
IntroductionAlthough Latinos have lower hypertension rates than non-Latino whites and African Americans, they have a higher prevalence of undiagnosed and uncontrolled hypertension.
Arredondo, Elva M, Ayala, Guadalupe X, Din, Hena, Elder, John P, Lemus, Hector, Madanat, Hala, Medina, Veronica, Mintle, Rachel, Molina, Marisa, Patrick, Kevin   +9 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of prehypertension and hypertension in Algeria

BMC Public Health, 2022
Hypertension, also referred to as the silent killer, is known to be one of the most common chronic diseases in the world today. This study aimed to identify the prevalence and risk factors of prehypertension and hypertension among Algerian population ...
A. Moussouni, A. Sidi-yakhlef, Houari Hamdaoui, A. Aouar, Djamel Belkhatir   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Childhood Role in Development of Primary Hypertension. [PDF]

, 2018
Primary hypertension is not just an adult disorder. Current US population data on children and adolescents demonstrate a prevalence of elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension combined of over 10%.
Falkner, Bonita
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Association Between METS-IR and Prehypertension or Hypertension Among Normoglycemia Subjects in Japan: A Retrospective Study

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
Aim Our study aimed to investigate the association between the novel non–insulin‐based metabolic score for insulin resistance (METS-IR) index and pre-hypertension (HTN) or HTN in normoglycemia Japanese participants. Methods The NAGALA medical examination
Kaiyue Han, Jianing Gu, Zhangsheng Wang, Jie Liu, Su Zou, Chen-Xi Yang, Dan Liu, Ying Xu   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Different exercise training modalities produce similar endothelial function improvements in individuals with prehypertension or hypertension: a randomized clinical trial Exercise, endothelium and blood pressure

Scientific Reports, 2020
Endothelial dysfunction is a characteristic of systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) and an early marker of atherosclerosis. Aerobic exercise training (AT) improves endothelial function.
Marinei L. Pedralli, R. Marschner, Daniel P. Kollet, Salvador G. Neto, B. Eibel, Hirofumi Tanaka, A. Lehnen   +6 more
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Cell Phone Information Seeking Explains Blood Pressure in African American Women [PDF]

, 2017
Although cell phone use and Internet access via cell phone is not marked by racial disparities, little is known about how cell phone use relates to blood pressure and health information seeking behaviors.
Jones, Lenette M., Pressler, Susan J., Veinot, Tiffany   +2 more
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