Epsilon 4 allele of apolipoprotein E gene associates with lower blood pressure in young Japanese subjects: the Suita Study.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the prevalence and determinants of high blood pressure (BP), and barriers to diagnosis and treatment, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. METHODS:We surveyed and screened 2174 community-dwelling adults aged at least 40 years in 2014 and conducted a follow-up after 1 year. RESULTS:Median BP was 131/81 m...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Zack RM,Irema K,Kazonda P,Leyna GH,Liu E,Spiegelman D,Fawzi W,Njelekela M,Killewo J,Danaei G

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The addition of an aldosterone receptor antagonist on top of current optimal therapy (based on angiotensin II inhibition) has demonstrated an important clinical benefit in heart failure patients with systolic dysfunction. Whether this finding also applies to heart failure patients with preserved systolic function ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Muñoz-Pacheco P,Ortega-Hernández A,Caro-Vadillo A,Casanueva-Eliceiry S,Aragoncillo P,Egido J,Fernández-Cruz A,Gómez-Garre D

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Arterial hypertension is highly prevalent and difficult to control in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). High sympathoadrenergic activity is a hallmark physiological phenomenon in OSA. We hypothesized that an antihypertensive drug with inhibitory properties on this activity, such as beta blockers (BBs), ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Svedmyr S,Hedner J,Zou D,Parati G,Ryan S,Hein H,Pepin JL,Tkáčová R,Marrone O,Schiza S,Basoglu OK,Grote L,European Sleep Apnea Database (ESADA) study group.

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left-ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a marker of organ damage in hypertension and helps stratifying cardiovascular risk. Initial left-ventricular mass (LVM) is also a predictor of progression to hypertension, independently of initial blood pressure (BP) and other confounders. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Izzo R,de Simone G,Devereux RB,Giudice R,De Marco M,Cimmino CS,Vasta A,De Luca N,Trimarco B

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reported prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in human hypertension is much lower than that among animals with experimental hypertension. With current methods of determining left ventricular mass by M-mode echocardiography, the standard error of a single estimate is high and consequently so is the SD o...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Korner PI,Jennings GL

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The associations of obesity and alcohol consumption with blood pressure and the prevalence of hypertension were studied in 5550 male and female subjects aged 25 to 64 years, surveyed in the National Heart Foundation of Australia 1980 Risk Factor Prevalence Study. Body mass index was significantly and independently ass...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： MacMahon SW,Blacket RB,Macdonald GJ,Hall W

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Based on results of in vitro studies, it has been hypothesized that blockade of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) promotes the recruitment and differentiation of pre-adipocytes and that increased formation of small insulin-sensitive adipocytes counteracts ectopic deposition of lipids, thereby improving insul...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Furuhashi M,Ura N,Takizawa H,Yoshida D,Moniwa N,Murakami H,Higashiura K,Shimamoto K

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Secondary activation of the renin-angiotensin system plays a major role in the progression of chronic nephropathies, and blockade of endothelin (ET) receptors has been shown to confer nephroprotection in experimental models of proteinuric renal disease. We tested the nephroprotective potential of selective en...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Rothermund L,Kossmehl P,Neumayer HH,Paul M,Kreutz R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Using an aortic constriction model in mice, we studied whether the increase in pressure or the activation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and its main receptors is the main driving force for plaque progression. METHODS:Male ApoE mice underwent sham surgery or placement of a suprarenal silver clip aroun...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Johansson ME,Wickman A,Skøtt O,Gan LM,Bergström G

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test whether angiotensin II (Ang II) through the Ang II type 2 receptor (AT2R), downregulates RhoA/Rho kinase, which plays a role in AT1 receptor (AT1R)-mediated function. METHODS:In vitro studies were performed in A10 vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) and in vivo studies in mesenteric arteries from Wis...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Savoia C,Tabet F,Yao G,Schiffrin EL,Touyz RM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exogenous sex hormone use, including oral contraceptives, post-menopausal hormonal therapy and anabolic steroids, has been associated with blood pressure changes in both sexes, but little is known about the relationship between blood pressure and endogenous sex hormones. We examined this relationship in men in the Ran...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Khaw KT,Barrett-Connor E

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms resulting in the greater predisposition of male subjects towards hypertension were investigated in different strains of rats with genetic hypertension [spontaneously hypertensive rats of the stroke-prone strain (SHRSP) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR)] and their respective normotensive controls...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Ganten U,Schröder G,Witt M,Zimmermann F,Ganten D,Stock G

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:There is a growing prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in West Africa and among its migrants to industrialized countries. Despite this, no study has reviewed CVD risk factor prevalence among West Africans in Africa and industrialized countries. OBJECTIVE:To appraise studies on the prevalenc...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Commodore-Mensah Y,Samuel LJ,Dennison-Himmelfarb CR,Agyemang C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rapid growth velocity in early life may be a risk factor for obesity, elevated blood pressure, and adverse metabolic markers in childhood, but results are not consistent. We analysed the association between peak growth velocity during the first 2 years of life and blood pressure, fasting glucose and insulin ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Thiering E,Brüske I,Kratzsch J,Hoffmann B,Herbarth O,von Berg A,Schaaf B,Wichmann HE,Heinrich J,LISAplus Study Group.

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A reduced cardiac output in chronic heart failure (CHF) evokes renal NaCl and water retention, and, therefore, activates mechanisms promoting natriuresis. Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is one such factor. We hypothesized that another NaCl sensitive endogenous natriuretic factor, i.e., marinobufagenin (MBG...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Fridman AI,Matveev SA,Agalakova NI,Fedorova OV,Lakatta EG,Bagrov AY

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether acutely lowering insulin levels with somatostatin in obese, insulin-resistant hypertensive individuals reduces arterial pressure and forearm vascular resistance; and whether these changes are reversed by restoring insulin levels during continuing somatostatin infusion. SUBJECTS:Subjects ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Gudbjörnsdottir S,Elam M,Sellgren J,Anderson EA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous work has demonstrated that treatment of hypertensive patients with the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor lisinopril was associated with a reduced incidence of a composite conduction system disease endpoint and also left bundle branch block (LBBB) compared with chlorthalidone therapy. The relat...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Okin PM,Kjeldsen SE,Devereux RB

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Human adrenomedullin precursor is converted to glycine-extended adrenomedullin (AM-Gly), an intermediate inactive form of adrenomedullin. Subsequently, AM-Gly is converted to active form of mature adrenomedullin (AM-m). The aim of the present study was to investigate (i) whether sex or age influences plasma ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Nishikimi T,Horio T,Kohmoto Y,Yoshihara F,Nagaya N,Inenaga T,Saito M,Teranishi M,Nakamura M,Ohrui M,Kawano Y,Matsuo H,Ishimitsu T,Takishita S,Matsuoka H,Kangawa K

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent reports have demonstrated increased cardiac risk, and an association with essential hypertension in patients with panic disorder. The cause is not known, but possibly involves sympathetic nervous activation. In this study, we evaluated the arterial baroreflex control of vascular sympathetic nervous ou...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Lambert EA,Thompson J,Schlaich M,Laude D,Elghozi JL,Esler MD,Lambert GW

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Orthostatic hypotension is a common condition associated with adverse cardiovascular and cognitive prognosis. Screening for orthostatic hypotension consists of blood pressure measurements in supine (or sitting) and standing position during clinical consultations. As orthostatic hypotension is a poorly reprodu...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Cremer A,Rousseau AL,Boulestreau R,Kuntz S,Tzourio C,Gosse P

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last few years, much progress has been made in understanding the genetic basis of primary aldosteronism. This has led to the diagnosis of the familial forms and has aided the understanding of the basis of sporadic forms of the disease. Such information can be exploited to improve the therapeutic approaches us...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Mulatero P,Morello F,Veglio F

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It has been shown that nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role in the central control of arterial pressure and sympathetic nerve activity. The aim of this study was to determine whether NO can regulate sympathetic nerve activity by an action on pressor neurons within the rostral part of the ventrolateral me...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Hirooka Y,Polson JW,Dampney RA

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:When assessing arterial stiffness, heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) are potential confounders. It appears that the HR/BP dependences of pulse wave velocity (PWV) and distensibility are different, even though both assess arterial stiffness. This study aims to compare aortic PWV as measured using pulse ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Spronck B,Tan I,Reesink KD,Georgevsky D,Delhaas T,Avolio AP,Butlin M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Preeclampsia is associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. Women with a history of preeclampsia are at risk of developing hypertension as well as ischemic heart disease. Identification of women at the highest risk is important to initiate preventive strategies. We investigated w...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Muijsers HEC,Westermann D,Birukov A,van der Heijden OWH,Drost JT,Kräker K,Haase N,Müller DN,Herse F,Maas AHEM,Dechend R,Zeller T,Roeleveld N

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and treatment status of hypertension in South Africa. DESIGN:National cross-sectional survey. SETTING:13 802 randomly selected South Africans, 15 years and older, were visited in their homes in 1998. METHODS:Trained fieldworkers completed questionnaires on lifestyle and chronic...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Steyn K,Gaziano TA,Bradshaw D,Laubscher R,Fourie J,South African Demographic and Health Coordinating Team.

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the long-term efficacy and safety of a fixed, very-low-dose tablet combining one-half the standard dose of perindopril with one-quarter the standard dose of indapamide as first-line treatment in elderly patients. DESIGN:Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study in an outpatient setting....

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Chalmers J,Castaigne A,Morgan T,Chastang C

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small size at birth and greater BMI in childhood are associated with greater brachial blood pressure (BP) in later life. Aortic (central) BP differs from brachial BP and is more predictive of organ damage and cardiovascular events; the relationship between BMI in childhood and central BP is not known. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Howe LD,Chaturvedi N,Lawlor DA,Ferreira DL,Fraser A,Davey Smith G,Tilling K,Hughes AD

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between stroke risk and blood pressure (BP) levels with regard to the usage of antihypertensive medications. METHODS:From the Japan arteriosclerosis longitudinal study, 11,371 participants from the four population-based cohort studies (aged 40-89) were followed up for a mean of 9....

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Asayama K,Ohkubo T,Yoshida S,Suzuki K,Metoki H,Harada A,Murakami Y,Ohashi Y,Ueshima H,Imai Y,Japan Arteriosclerosis Longitudinal Study (JALS) group.

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the role of renal prostaglandin E in the hypotensive mechanism of MK-421, we evaluated the effects of chronic infusion of MK-421 (6 mg/kg/day i.p.) on systolic blood pressure and urinary prostaglandin E excretion in conscious rats in states of sodium repletion or depletion and also during chronic infusion of...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Yasujima M,Abe K,Tanno M,Kasai Y,Sato K,Tajima J,Kudo K,Tsunoda K,Yoshinaga K

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of an activated endothelin system in the renal dysfunction observed in chronic heart failure after myocardial infarction. METHODS:In rats with heart failure after myocardial infarction and in sham-operated animals (Sham), we investigated the effect on renal function of long-term oral ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Bauersachs J,Braun C,Fraccarollo D,Widder J,Ertl G,Schilling L,Kirchengast M,Rohmeiss P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00