BACKGROUND Chemerin is a novel adipokine that plays a role in inflammation and atherosclerosis. Although there are several correlations between hypertension and the inflammatory system, there is still insufficient information about the relationship between blood pressure variability and inflammatory markers. In this study, we aimed to determine whether chemerin levels are elevated in non-dipper...

OBJECTIVE Non-dipper hypertension is associated with an increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Besides this, the left atrial (LA) size and functions are accepted to be prognostic factors in various cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of nondipper hypertension on LA volume and functions using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3-DE). ...

A method is proposed for classifying subjects according to their convex, flat, or concave change patterns of 24-hours blood pressure measurements. To obtain such a classification is useful for detecting subjects who show abnormal change patterns and giving them appropriate medical treatments. Therefore, an appropriate statistic is proposed for detecting a systematic change along the time axis, ...

BackgroundWhether autonomic dysfunction contributes to cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) remains unclear. This study aimed explore the relationship between CSVD and blood pressure variability (BPV) heart rate (HRV).MethodsThis case-control recruited 50 patients with non-CSVD hypertensive age- gender-matched controls. All participants completed a 24-h ambulatory electrocardiogram recording BP...

Abstract Background This study investigated the different blood pressure patterns that were evaluated by ambulatory monitoring (ABPM) among elderly patients and explored effect of on cognitive impairment mortality. Methods A total 305 participants aged ?65 years divided into group (CI, n = 130) non-cognitive (NCI, 175) according to MMSE score. All underwent ABPM evaluate possible hypertensive d...

OBJECTIVE Non-dipper hypertension is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of non-dipping hypertension with aortic diameter in patients with metabolic syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included 70 hypertensive patients with metabolic syndrome. These patients were evaluated with 24-h blood pressure H...

BACKGROUND Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is considered the most common liver disease affecting 15-25% of the general population. AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of NAFLD and the relationship between insulin sensitivity and NAFLD in grade III high and very high cardiovascular additional risk essential hypertensive patients according to the circadian blo...