INTRODUCTION High blood pressure during mental stress in subjects with prehypertension is associated with blunted vasodilation in skeletal muscles, which might be improved by an acute bout of exercise. OBJECTIVE To investigate the hemodynamic responses to mental stress before and after a bout of exercise in subjects with prehypertension. METHOD Eighteen subjects with prehypertension and 16 ...

PURPOSE We aimed to estimate the prevalence of prehypertension and to identify its risk factors among Chinese adults. METHODS A cross-sectional survey in a nationally representative sample of 15,540 Chinese adults aged 35 to 74 years was conducted during 2000 and 2001. Body weight, height, waist circumference, and blood pressure were measured by trained observers. RESULTS Overall, 21.9% of ...

Researchers have identified an association between baseline γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and prehypertension. However, data from China are limited. A cross-sectional study was performed among 2,205 subjects from Heilongjiang Province in China. Multiple logistic regression analyses revealed a significant association between baseline GGT and prehypertension [1.59, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.18...

BACKGROUND Prospective cohort studies of prehypertension and the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are controversial after adjusting for other cardiovascular risk factors. This meta-analysis evaluated the association between prehypertension and CVD morbidity. METHODS Databases (PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library) and conference proceedings were searched for prospective cohort stu...

Recent guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hypertension reversed the historical trend to recommend lower blood pressure (BP) thresholds to diagnose hypertension in high-risk individuals, such as patients with diabetes and elderly patients. The decision to raise the BP thresholds for diagnosis of hypertension in patients with diabetes was mostly based on the findings of the ACCORD tri...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Joint National Committee on High Blood Pressure identified a new category of blood pressure in adults termed prehypertension. Our objective was to determine the long-term risk of cardiovascular diseases associated with this new category in a well-defined cohort of adults. METHODS We evaluated the association of prehypertension (120 to 139/80 to 89 mm Hg) and hyperte...

OBJECTIVE Prehypertension is associated with cardiovascular disease and insulin resistance. However, whether subjects with prehypertension have more diabetes risk is not known. We examine whether prehypertension is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Incident diabetes was examined in nondiabetic normotensive participants in the San Antonio Heart Study (n ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of factors associated with prehypertension among 20 to 59 years old women cared for by primary healthcare units that adopted the Family Health Strategy. METHOD Cross-sectional study conducted in a city in the interior of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The study's population was composed of 1,773 women with blood pressure below 140/90 mm ​​Hg. The dependent variable...

BACKGROUND Prehypertension increases mortality risk. Pulse pressure is also associated with increased mortality. Nevertheless, the impact of pulse pressure on the relationship between prehypertension and mortality is not known in individuals who are free of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. METHODS Cox regression analysis was used to examine mortality risk among 3,632 (97.0%) participants ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Estimation of prevalence of prehypertension in a population and its association with risk factors of cardiovascular disease is important to design preventive programmes. This cross-sectional study was carried out in a healthy military population to assess the prevalence of prehypertension and its association with risk factors such as overweight, abdominal adiposity and d...