A door-to-door investigation of casual blood pressure (BP) was carried out in 1325 adults in an Indian rural community to study its distribution and the influence on BP levels of some correlative factors--namely, age, sex, weight, build, and socioeconomic status. Systolic and diastolic levels of BP rose with increasing age, weight, and build. However, the socioeconomic status of respondents did...

The use of home measurement in the follow-up of antihypertensive treatment is rapidly increasing. Compared with office blood pressure (BP) measurement home blood pressure monitoring provides better reproducibility, freedom from white coat effect and observer bias [1,2]. Home BP measurement results correlate better to end organ damage than the office measurement and home BP control overcomes man...

AIMS Antecedent blood pressure (BP) may contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD) independent of current BP. Blood pressure is associated with left ventricular mass index (LVMI) which independently predicts CVD. We investigated the relationship between midlife BP from age 36 to 64 and LVMI at 60-64 years. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 1653 participants in the British 1946 Birth Cohort under...

background: diabetic patients have a higher prevalence of non-dipping pattern in blood pressure (bp) than general population. non-dipping arterial pressure pattern is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. the objective of this study was to investigate the association between the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of the diabetic patients with circadian bp variability. m aterials...

OBJECTIVE To provide FPs with detailed knowledge of automated office blood pressure (AOBP) measurement, its potential role in primary care, and its proper use in the diagnosis and management of hypertension. SOURCES OF INFORMATION Comprehensive monitoring and collection of scientific articles on AOBP by the authors since its introduction. MAIN MESSAGE Automated office blood pressure measure...

This study was undertaken to determine whether abolition of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) could reduce blood pressure (BP) in patients with refractory hypertension. In 11 refractory hypertensive patients with OSA, the acute effects of CPAP on nocturnal BP were studied during sleep and its longer term effects on 24-h ambulatory BP after 2 months. Du...

Purpose. This study investigated the anthropometric indices associated with variations in cardiovascular parameters among primary school pupils in Ile-Ife. Method. One thousand and twenty-six pupils (age range 6-14 years, mean age 10.12 years) from ten schools were recruited with parents' informed consent. Anthropometric (Height (Ht), Weight (Wt), Abdominal Circumference (AC)) and cardiovascula...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationships between serum levels of vitamin D and blood pressure (BP) in adolescents. METHODS The anthropometric measurements, body composition, dietary intake, blood pressure and biochemical measurements was undertaken. RESULTS Two hundred and five adolescents, 106 boys and 99 girls, mean aged 18.2 years old, participate of the stu...