Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in Dakar (Senegal).

abstract：:In order to find out the general public's opinion on blood pressure (BP) control in Poland a poll was conducted on a representative sample of 2080 randomly selected subjects. Overall 71% of the subjects were aware of their BP level. The awareness of BP level increased progressively with age and education level. Among ...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Krupa-Wojciechowska B,Narkiewicz K,Rynkiewicz A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) is steadily increasing in sub-Saharan Africa. To address this issue, we conducted a Medline search of English language articles on cardiovascular diseases-and specifically CAD in Africa- from 1966 to 1997. The prevalence of CAD and related comp...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Akinboboye O,Idris O,Akinboboye O,Akinkugbe O

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of propranolol and diltiazem on left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in hypertensive subjects (DBP 90-114 mmHg) were examined with M-mode and 2D echocardiograms in 21 patients in a double-blind fashion prior to and after 4 months of treatment. Systolic function was assessed by measurement of fr...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Ramanathan KB,Ratts TE,Griffin B,Sullivan JM

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major epigenetic features of mammalian cells include DNA methylation, posttranslational histone modifications and RNA-based mechanisms including those controlled by small non-coding RNAs (microRNAs (miRNAs)). An important aspect of epigenetic mechanisms is that they are potentially reversible and may be influenced...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Wang J,Gong L,Tan Y,Hui R,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular risk is subject to circadian variation, with peak morning incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke correlating with the early morning blood pressure (BP) surge (EMBPS). Ideally, antihypertensive therapy should maintain control of BP throughout the 24-h dosing cycle. In two sister studies, Prospecti...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Williams B,Lacourcière Y,Schumacher H,Gosse P,Neutel JM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microalbuminuria (urinary albumin excretion equal to 30-300 mg/24 h) is a reliable indicator of premature cardiovascular mortality in diabetic patients and in the general population. In insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus microalbuminuria is a marker of initial diabetic nephropathy and predic...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Crippa G

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild to moderate hypertension is usually asymptomatic and therefore the impact on quality of life and side-effects of the antihypertensive treatment can have a negative effect on treatment compliance. A number of comparative studies have addressed quality of life issues with various antihypertensive agents, and the re...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Os I

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of populations or communities with no rise in blood pressure (BP) with advancing age and low prevalence of hypertension, may provide aetiological clues on the cause of hypertension. Within westernised societies, low blood pressures have been reported amongst chronic psychiatric in-patients and closed order sec...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Lip GY,Douglas M,Gupta A,Beevers DG

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated 2-h plasma glucose concentration (2hPG) from an oral glucose tolerance (OGTT) test more strongly predicts risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease than fasting plasma glucose (FPG), but the association between these glucose measurements and hypertension risk is less clear. We examined the association between...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Boyko EJ,Barr EL,Zimmet PZ,Shaw JE

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemorrhagic diathesis develops in chronic renal failure, in which calcium antagonists are used widely as antihypertensive agents. Although calcium antagonists are reported to impair platelet function, it has not been examined whether calcium antagonists alter bleeding time. The present study was conducted to clarify ...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Hayashi K,Matsuda H,Honda M,Ozawa Y,Tokuyama H,Okubo K,Takamatsu I,Kanda T,Tatematsu S,Homma K,Saruta T

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide derived from endothelium. The presence of ET-1 in human vascular endothelium and in the plasma suggests that it may play a role in the regulation of vascular tone and blood pressure (BP) in humans. The aim of this study was to evaluate the behaviour of plasma ET-...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Letizia C,Cerci S,De Ciocchis A,D'Ambrosio C,Scuro L,Scavo D

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a young woman presenting with a renin-secreting soft tissue sarcoma is described. The primary extrarenal tumour as well as metastatic disease were associated with severe hypertension and both required surgical treatment. The location of these rare malignant tumours and their association with renin-dependen...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Chauveau D,Julien J,Pagny JY,Jeunemaitre X,Bruneval P,Guyenne TT,Le Chevalier T,Plouin PF,Corvol P

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between doctors and their hypertensive patients still suffers from a number of shortcomings owing to ignorance and misconceptions on both sides as well as poorly defined mutual goals. In this paper, an attempt is made to define common goals of doctors and patients and to describe the information status...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Unger T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to determine whether Valyl-Tyrosine (VY) has an antihypertensive effect on high-normal blood pressure and mild essential hypertension, as well as spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR). A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study was carried out on 29 volunteers. A 100-ml drink cont...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Kawasaki T,Seki E,Osajima K,Yoshida M,Asada K,Matsui T,Osajima Y

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones, including free triiodothyronine (FT3), free thyroxine (FT4), have well-recognized effects on the cardiovascular system. However, the evidence is lacking regarding the relationship between repeated FT3, FT4, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) measurements and incident hypertension. The aim of this ...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Wang Y,Gu Y,Zhang Q,Liu L,Meng G,Wu H,Zhang S,Zhang T,Wang X,Sun S,Wang X,Zhou M,Jia Q,Song K,Niu K

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic influences in cerebrovascular disease (CVD) may act either independently or by predisposing to, or modulating, the effect of risk factors such as hypertension. Factors involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, thrombosis and vasoconstriction are important in CVD. The angiotensinogen gene has recently be...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Barley J,Markus H,Brown M,Carter N

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is considered an important risk factor for coronary disease, cerebrovascular pathology and re-stenosis of coronary bypass. Few studies have been conducted on this lipoprotein in essential arterial hypertensive patients. The purpose of our study was to measure the serum concentrations of Lp(a) an...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Catalano M,Perilli E,Carzaniga G,Colombo F,Carotta M,Andreoni S

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clear relationship exists between elevated blood pressure (BP) and various manifestations of cardiovascular disease. Despite the availability of numerous treatment guidelines, hypertension remains inadequately controlled, with only a small proportion of patients achieving target BP levels. Many factors, both patient...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Heagerty A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic hypertension is a common condition associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Hypertension confers cardiovascular risk by causing target-organ damage that includes retinopathy in addition to heart disease, stroke, renal insufficiency and peripheral vascular disease. The recognition of hypertensive r...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Chatterjee S,Chattopadhyay S,Hope-Ross M,Lip PL

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is associated with increased urinary calcium excretion (UCa). A high sodium intake increases both UCa and blood pressure (BP). However, it is not clear whether these effects are modified by gender or ethnic origin. OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationships between BP, urinary sodium (UNa), gender...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Blackwood AM,Sagnella GA,Cook DG,Cappuccio FP

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Holter BP monitor and a noninvasive, continuous cardiac output (CO) monitor were concurrently attached to 25 middle-aged hospitalized patients with essential hypertension (EH). Blood pressure, heart rate (HR) and CO were measured every 10 minutes over 24 hours. Circadian variation of mean BP was studied. Comparison ...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Mori H

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Footshocks increases mean arterial pressure and heart rate. Systemic or intracerebroventricular (IVT) administration of losartan, a specific angiotensin AT1 receptor antagonist, not only inhibited the pressor response to footshocks but resulted in vasodepression. Peripheral or IVT administration of PD 123319, a specif...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Sosa-Canache B,Cierco M,Gutierrez CI,Israel A

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to determine whether parent-child blood pressure (BP) resemblances reflect parent-child similarities in body build. Those studied were 889 children, 5-18 years old, their parents and relatives because of recognized correlations between body build and BP in individuals, along with familial cluste...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： de Macedo ME,Trigueiros D,Freitas AF

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sodium intervention project was carried out in Tianjin, China, as part of the Tianjin Project, which is a national pilot, community-based intervention programme to reduce non-communicable diseases. The aim of this 3 year sodium project was to evaluate the feasibility and effects of sodium reduction in the population...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Tian HG,Guo ZY,Hu G,Yu SJ,Sun W,Pietinen P,Nissinen A

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moderate (grade 2) and severe (grade 3) hypertension are important public health problems associated with high cardiovascular risk. Blood pressure (BP) control becomes more difficult to achieve as hypertension progresses. Therefore, early and effective treatment is essential to prevent hypertensive urgencies and emerg...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Franklin SS,Neutel JM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inconsistent results have been reported regarding the association of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism and hypertension. Recent studies of population-based samples of three different areas in Japan presented conflicting results regarding this association. We, thus, investiga...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Todoroki M,Minami J,Ishimitsu T,Ohrui M,Matsuoka H

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 10 year prospective study, we investigated the utility of the level of serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), a biological marker of alcohol consumption, in predicting the development of hypertension in Japanese male drinkers, all of whom lived in a rural community. The study included 77 men, aged 30-69 years, w...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Miura K,Nakagawa H,Nakamura H,Tabata M,Nagase H,Yoshida M,Kawano S

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common endocrine cause of resistant hypertension. Individuals with PA are at increased cardiovascular risk, and an appropriate management and treatment would ideally reduce such risk. Screening and diagnosis of PA requires a specific diagnostic test which is considered time- and ...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Pucci G,Monticone S,Agabiti Rosei C,Balbi G,Bertacchini F,Ragazzo F,Saladini F,Pengo MF,Young Investigator Group of the Italian Hypertension Society (Società Italiana dell’Ipertensione Arteriosa).

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalassemia minor (Tm), the β-thalassemia carrier state, is followed by favorable lipidemic profile and seems to protect against myocardial infarction mainly in men. However, the cardiovascular risk factor (CRF) and metabolic profile of these subjects has not been thoroughly addressed, although it is not known whether...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Triantafyllou AI,Vyssoulis GP,Karpanou EA,Karkalousos PL,Triantafyllou EA,Aessopos A,Farmakis DT

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study endeavours to clarify the effect of alcohol consumption on changes in the blood pressure of Japanese men. The subjects, who were followed from 1990 to 1995, were 2189 male normotensive steelworkers aged from 40 to 54 years in 1990. Drinking habits were represented by two variables: average daily baseline al...

journal_title：Journal of human hypertension

authors： Okubo Y,Suwazono Y,Kobayashi E,Nogawa K

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00