BACKGROUND Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) is a major cardiovascular risk factor. The prevalence of ISH, isolated diastolic (IDH), and mixed hypertension (MH) and their association with lipid, inflammatory, and endothelial cell markers were assessed. METHODS A population sample from Haute-Garonne, France, was chosen. RESULTS Prevalence of ISH, IDH, and MH was 16%, 5%, and 16%, respecti...

Until the mid-20th century, clinicians' concern was directed mainly to the systolic component of blood pressure. Later, however, when systolic blood pressure was found to be elevated with advancing age and decreased compliance of the arterial wall, it began to be considered an inevitable consequence of aging. Based on this belief, physicians often concluded that only the diastolic blood pressur...

This study investigated the consistency of a reference frame for ambulatory pressure monitoring, which using various approaches was determined in two different populations. The two reference groups were 718 subjects randomly selected from the population and 895 bank employees. The reference values derived in these two groups were subsequently tested in 591 untreated hypertensive patients. The a...

OBJECTIVES To assess subclinical atherosclerosis in subtypes of hypertension using lipid profile as a biomarker and B mode ultrasonography of the carotid arteries. METHODS Ninety-six subjects (49 females and 47 males) aged 42-78 years were recruited from the vascular Doppler unit at Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq from January to June 2008. They were grouped into normotensive (group ...

BACKGROUND Childhood hypertension has been associated with target-organ damage in young adults. It is often asymptomatic in both children and adolescents; when persistent, and long-standing, it could be a significant risk factor for kidney damage and increased glomerular permeability. OBJECTIVES Burden of hypertension and its impact on glomerular permeability were prospectively determined in ...

Masked hypertension, defined as nonelevated clinic blood pressure (BP) with elevated out-of-clinic BP, has been associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in Europeans and Asians. Few data are available on masked hypertension and CVD and mortality risk among blacks. We analyzed data from the Jackson Heart Study, a prospective cohort study of blacks. Analyses included participan...

in a study on 685 healthy women who have been using birth control pills for a period of about 27 months, the following results were found: 1.blood pressure has been increased with a rate of 1.416%. 2. the increase in arterial wood pressure is on both the systolic and diastolic blood pressures. 3. it seems that hypertension results from the estrogen which is present in the pills. 4. this hyperte...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Systolic and diastolic blood pressure may have different effects on cardiovascular disease, but limited data is available for hypertension subtypes in the Korean population. Thus, the prevalence, and absolute number of hypertension subtypes among Korean adults was estimated. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1998-2012 was...