background: hypertension is fast emerging as a major health problem amongst all school adolescents, particularly in urban areas. regular screening of the students for this is required for preventing the emergence of complications later in life. therefore,the present study was undertaken with the objective to determine the prevalence of hypertension amongst urban school adolescents and its corre...

background: hypertension is a risk factor for many diseases. nutritional methods are considered as major tools in lifestyle modification for lowering blood pressure. the present study was conducted to determine the level of dietary adherence in hypertensive patients. methods: this descriptive-analytical study was performed in 2015, on hypertensive patients who were referred to heart clinic of s...

results during the 3 months study, in the placebo group, systolic bp (sbp) increased with 6.3 mmhg and diastolic bp (dbp) increased with 4.6 mmhg, changes which were significant. after the 3 months, the effect of garlic on sbp, after adjusting for baseline value, was significant, and this effect was more significant in hypertensive patients. plasma lipids and lipoproteins did not change signific...

patients and methods blood pressure (bp) measurement was performed by the auscultation method, and abnormal glomerular permeability was assessed by dipstick testing of urine for persistent proteinuria and/or hematuria for ≥ three months in hypertensive children. results of 1,335 pupils aged 10.0 ± 2.4 (6.0 - 14.0) years, 33 (2.5%) were hypertensive. overall mean systolic/diastolic bp was 125.6 ...

Despite impressive progress in diagnosis. treatment and control of hypertension, this symptom is still one of the major causes of brain and kidney disease as well as cardiac insufficiencies. Since the control of blood lipids, glucose and body weight are highly important in the prevention and treatment of hypertensive drugs, this epidemiologic study was carried out in Islamshahr, 30 Km. to The S...

Despite impressive progress in diagnosis, treatment and control of hypertension, this symptom is still one of the major causes of brain and kidney disease as well as cardiac insufficiencies. Since the control of blood lipids, glucose and body weight are highly important in the prevention and treatment of hypertensive drugs, this epidemiologic study was carried out in Islamshahr, 30 Km. to The S...