This paper assessed the transition probabilities between stages of hypertension severity and length time an individual might spend at a particular disease state using new American College Cardiology/American Heart Association blood pressure guidelines. Data for this study were drawn from Ghana WHO SAGE longitudinal study, with analytical sample 1884 across two waves. Using multistate Markov mod...

Hypertension is one of the risk factors that cause a total 1.7 million (23,7%) deaths in Indonesia. The prevalence hypertension Indonesia increasing every year. Based on literature, potassium from chayote and honey pineapple influence renin-angiotensin system so it can lower blood pressure. This study aims to analyze effect giving “Lasinasdu” juice pressure patients with hypertension. subjects ...

Hypertension is a systolic blood pressure (SBP) value of 130mmHg or more and / diastolic (DBP) than 80 mmHg. One the factors in development essential hypertension patient's genetic ability to respond salt. Various non-pharmacological interventions have been shown be effective lowering preventing hypertension. The most are weight loss, reduced Na + intake, increased potassium physical activity, ...

Arterial hypertension is a major risk factor for congestive heart failure. Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy is often associated with arterial hypertension and characterizes subjects with a particularly elevated risk of untoward cardiovascular events, including heart failure.1 LV hypertrophy is, in turn, associated with impaired LV myocardial contractility and LV diastolic dysfunction. LV hyper...

To evaluate the morphological and functional characteristics of the heart in elderly patients with white coat hypertension, we performed an echocardiographic study in 67 elderly individuals older than 60 years: 17 patients with white coat hypertension, 34 patients with true hypertension, and 16 normotensive control subjects. White coat hypertension was defined as a mean 24-hour ambulatory systo...

Background and Objective: Hypothyroidism leads to an increased risk of overweight and obesity. This study examined the effect of weight gain caused by hypothyroidism on maternal health (hypertension, gestational diabetes, and miscarriage) for the first time. Materials and Methods: This case-control study consisted of 123 pregnant women with clinical hypothyroidism and 242 non-hypothyroid pregn...

This study aims to compare the use of soursop leaf decoction reduce blood pressure in hypertension sufferers Work Area West Lingkar Health Center, Bengkulu City. type research is a quasi-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test design. The results showed that average systolic before being given was 146.67 mmHg 140.13 mmHg, while diastolic 85.07 80.93 mmHg. statistical test p-va...