Blood pressure and ageing: longitudinal cohort study.

Leveraging ongoing research to evaluate the health impacts of South Africa's salt reduction strategy: a prospective nested cohort within the WHO-SAGE multicountry, longitudinal study

INTRODUCTION Attempting to curb the rising epidemic of hypertension, South Africa implemented legislation in June 2016 mandating maximum sodium levels in a range of manufactured foods that contribute significantly to population salt intake. This natural experiment, comparing two African countries with and without salt legislation, will provide timely information on the impact of legislative app...

Physical activity, alcohol and tobacco use and associated cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Second Australian National Blood Pressure study cohort.

Does shift work increase the levels of blood pressure and cholesterol among hospital nurses? A historical cohort study

 Introduction: Controversies exist in publications about the association between shift work and hypertension. This study aimed to explore the relationship between shift work and the level of systolic and diastolic blood pressure as well as serum cholesterol among nurses in Kerman province, Southeast, Iran.   Materials and Methods : In this historical cohort study 100 hospital nurse...

Longitudinal changes in intraocular pressure and association with systemic factors and refractive error: Lingtou Eye Cohort Study

OBJECTIVES To investigate the longitudinal changes in intraocular pressure (IOP) and its associations with refractive error and systemic determinants in a Chinese geriatric population. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Guangzhou Government Servant Physical Check-up Center, Guangzhou, China. PARTICIPANTS 4413 government employees aged no less than 40 years (41.9% female) attending a...

The association between low diastolic blood pressure in middle age and cognitive function in old age. A population-based study.

BACKGROUND previous longitudinal studies have shown an inverse relation between blood pressure and cognitive function. OBJECTIVE to determine the association between mid-life blood pressure and performance in different areas of cognitive function in late life. SUBJECTS AND METHODS we recruited 502 men, aged 69-74 years, from a population-based cohort in Uppsala, Sweden. Blood pressure had b...

Lower blood pressure associated with higher mortality in elderly diabetic patients (ZODIAC-12).

OBJECTIVE to investigate the relationship between blood pressure over time and mortality in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). DESIGN prospective observational cohort study. SETTING primary care, Zwolle, The Netherlands. SUBJECTS patients with T2DM aged 60 years and older (n = 881). The cohort was divided into two age categories: 60-75 years and older than 75 years. ...