Abstract：
:Coronary heart disease (CHD) is still relatively uncommon in the black population of South Africa. We embarked on a study to determine the prevalence of risk factors leading to CHD in the black population of Durban. The study sample was selected from patients attending a dental clinic at a hospital. A total of 458 Zulus (age range 16-69 years) were studied. The prevalence of CHD was 2.4%. The prevalence percentage of selected risk factors were: hypertension (SBP > or = 140 mmHg and/or a DBP > or = 90 mmHg) was 28%, males 31.9%, females 25.4%; protective levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol/total cholesterol (HDLC/TC) (> or = 20%) were 81.3%; diabetes, males 4.9%, females 2.9%; smoking > or = ten cigarettes per day, males 28.1%, females 3.4%; obesity, males 3.7%, females 22.6%. We have found the Minnesota Coding System for ECG changes of CHD and Rose questionnaire to be unreliable for eliciting CHD in Blacks. Hypercholesterolaemia is less common and this may explain the low incidence of CHD in Blacks. Epidemics of CHD as seen in the Indian, 'mixed' and white South Africans can still be prevented in the black population but preventive measures must be instituted rapidly.
journal_name
J Hum Hypertensjournal_title
Journal of human hypertensionauthors
Seedat YK,Mayet FG,Latiff GH,Joubert Gsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-12-01 00:00:00pages
529-32issue
6eissn
0950-9240issn
1476-5527journal_volume
7pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Often a single blood pressure (BP) measurement is used to diagnose and manage hypertension in busy clinics. However, repeated BP measurements have been shown to be more representative of the true BP status of the individual. Improper measurement of office BP can lead to inaccurate classification, overestimation of a p...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/s41371-019-0200-4
更新日期：2019-08-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:High dietary salt is a major contributor to increased blood pressure, the leading risk for death worldwide. In several countries, national programmes to reduce dietary salt have been implemented with leadership and involvement of hypertension experts. Other hypertension experts may be interested in assisting or leadin...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1038/jhh.2011.25
更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM)-linked metabolic alterations and hypertension concomitantly accelerate or precipitate cerebrovascular and coronary heart disease, nephropathy, retinopathy and widespread macroangiopathy, thereby conferring to diabetic patients a very high risk of morbidity, disability and early death. Therefore,...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Screening for precursors and objective evidence for hypertension was done in an inner city family planning clinic. Prior history of high blood pressure occurred in 4 of 41 young black females (10%) and pressures greater than 124/80 mmHg occurred in 2 of 41 (5%). A family history of heart disease occurred in 7 of 41 (1...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The balance of evidence from animal studies, clinical observations, human experimental studies, and epidemiological studies favours a causal association between sodium and blood pressure. INTERSALT is the largest and most comprehensive study yet published on the sodium-blood pressure relationship, and its significant ...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:South Asians (SA) suffer from a higher burden of heart disease and stroke compared with White Caucasians (CA). We hypothesized that increased arterial stiffness in older adults of SA origin would be associated with greater cerebrovascular pulsatile pressure and flow characteristics compared with CA older adults. Forty...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/jhh.2015.76
更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Adiponectin is a hormone involved in energy homeostasis by regulating glucose and lipid metabolism. In addition, the adiponectin gene (ADIPOQ) has polymorphisms that can modulate the circulating concentration of adiponectin. Abnormal adiponectin levels have been associated with pre-eclampsia (PE); however, the influen...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/jhh.2013.53
更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Essential hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in humans, and originates from both genetic and environmental factors. Data from animal and more recently human studies have indicated the presence of a gene influencing blood pressure on human chromosome 17. This study tested for linkage of mark...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.jhh.1001025
更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Activation of the renin-angiotensin system both systemically and locally seems to be of importance for cardiovascular hypertrophy and remodelling. The octapeptide angiotensin II definitively plays a central role. In the reversal, for example, of left ventricular hypertrophy, so far the most important independent risk ...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The value of microalbuminuria in predicting hypertensive complications in pregnant patients at high risk was tested in a prospective trial. A total of 276 patients were studied (142 in the study group vs 134 controls). Albumin was measured in 8-h overnight urine collection throughout pregnancy using radioimmunoassay t...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-09-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of mortality in women in developed countries. This pooled analysis assessed the antihypertensive efficacy, safety and tolerability of monotherapy with the direct renin inhibitor aliskiren (150 mg and 300 mg) over 8-12 weeks in w...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析
doi：10.1038/jhh.2010.11
更新日期：2010-11-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A screening programme for cardiovascular risk factors in men aged 50-59 was undertaken in North Uist, and the results compared with an age- and sex-matched control group from Dundee screened as part of the Scottish Heart Health Study. Blood pressure levels were higher in the Islanders than in controls (148 +/- 20/89 +...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that the Trp460 allele of the Gly460Trp polymorphism in the alpha-adducin gene is associated with salt sensitivity and primary hypertension. The present study was undertaken to evaluate if the Trp460 allele of this polymorphism is associated with primary hypertension in Scandinavians. T...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.jhh.1000942
更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The purpose of this work was to assess the best haemodynamic determinant of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in patients with essential hypertension. We studied the relationships between left ventricular mass (LVM) and casual, exercise and 24h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in 60 newly discovered patien...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) levels and ACE gene polymorphisms have been related with hypertension but with contradictory results between populations. We have investigated the association among the allelic distribution of the insertion-deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the ACE gene, identified by polymerase chain ...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.jhh.1000958
更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) criterion that best correlated with vascular structure and function parameters in hypertensive patients. A cross-sectional study involving 347 hypertensive patients was performed. The mean age of the subjects was 5...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/jhh.2013.87
更新日期：2014-03-01 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
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In coronary artery disease (CAD), a potentially reversible factor leading to cardiac death is left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). While the electrocardiogram (ECG) is a widely available way to diagnose LVH, its sensitivity and specificity has never been assessed in this particular patient group where added ischaemic c...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/jhh.2008.18
更新日期：2008-06-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.jhh.1001191
更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The prognostic value of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring for long-term prognosis varies in recent studies. The study aimed to investigate the role of ambulatory BP parameters in mortality and cardiovascular (CV) events in hypertensive patients. A series of 412 participants (59.3 ± 4.0 years) who received ambu...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/jhh.2010.80
更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The increased viscosity of blood of hypertensive patients can be assumed to be a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases. The aim of the present study was to elucidate whether anti-hypertensive treatment has any impact on blood rheology. Twenty patients with previously untreated hypertension who con...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Resistant hypertension (RHTN) includes both patients whose blood pressure (BP) is uncontrolled on three or more medications (uncontrolled RHTN (UCRH)) and patients whose BP is controlled with use of four or more drugs (controlled RHTN (CRH)). It is unknown whether endothelial function and nocturnal drop demonstrate a ...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/jhh.2011.43
更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Little is known about how aortic waveform parameters vary with ethnicity and lifestyle factors. We investigated these issues in a large, population-based sample. We carried out a cross-sectional analysis of 4798 men and women, aged 50-84 years from Auckland, New Zealand. Participants were 3961 European, 321 Pacific, 2...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/jhh.2016.78
更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We investigated whether inappropriately high left ventricular (LV) mass, defined as observed LV mass exceeding the level of individual LV mass predicted from gender, height, and stroke work, may be associated with an imbalance between growth-promoting and growth-inhibitory factors and/or structural vascular changes. I...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.jhh.1001720
更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The pathological myocardial hypertrophy associated with hypertension contains the seed for further maladaptive development. Increased myocardial oxygen consumption, impaired epicardial coronary perfusion, ventricular fibrosis and remodelling, abnormalities in long-axis function and torsion, cause, to a varying degree,...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1038/jhh.2008.141
更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The acute effects of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blockers may be important in some clinical settings. To assess the acute impact of such drugs on arterial function, we studied the effects of captopril 25 mg, quinapril 20 mg and telmisartan 80 mg on 100 hypertensive patients, according to a randomized, double-bl...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1038/sj.jhh.1002211
更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Hypertension and hyperhomocystinemia have a joint effect on the risk of stroke. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) and blood pressure in two independent Chinese populations. Four thousand five hundred and fifty-five participants who underwent health examinations between Marc...
journal_title：Journal of human hypertension
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/s41371-019-0288-6
更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
