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Environmental Sciences
Shunli Jiang, Shuang Zhou, Huimin Liu, Cheng Peng, Xu Zhang, Hao Zhou, Zhihong Wang, Qing Lu
Summary: The study suggests that vanadium exposure is positively associated with the risk of hypertension and blood pressure levels. Higher levels of exposure are linked to increased risks. Further prospective studies are required to confirm these findings in other populations.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2021)
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Peripheral Vascular Disease
Ramachandran S. Vasan, Rebecca J. Song, Vanessa Xanthakis, Alexa Beiser, Charles DeCarli, Gary F. Mitchell, Sudha Seshadri
Summary: This study examined the prevalence, correlates, and prognosis of hypertension-mediated organ damage (HMOD) in a community-based study. The findings showed that the prevalence of HMOD varied across different blood pressure guidelines and that the presence of HMOD increased the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Aqeel M. M. Alenazi, Bader A. A. Alqahtani
Summary: This study examined the national and regional prevalence of hypertension (HTN) in the Saudi population using data from a household health survey in 2017. The prevalence of HTN was 9.2% among Saudi adults aged 15 years and older, with higher rates in women (10.0%) than men (8.5%). The prevalence of HTN increased with age, accounting for 55.3% in women aged 65 years and older and 48.0% in men. There were significant regional variations in the prevalence of HTN, ranging from 6.0% in Najran region to 10.0% in Makkah region.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Maximillian T. Bourdillon, Rebecca J. Song, Ibrahim Musa Yola, Vanessa Xanthakis, Ramachandran S. Vasan
Summary: The prevalence of hypertension subtypes varies with age, and they exhibit dynamic changes during short-term follow-up and have distinct prognoses. This highlights the importance of blood pressure subtyping.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Michelle C. Odden, Yongmei Li, Laura A. Graham, Michael A. Steinman, Zachary A. Marcum, Christine K. Liu, Bocheng Jing, Kathy Z. Fung, Carmen A. Peralta, Sei J. Lee
Summary: Hypertension is well controlled in nursing homes, and recent trends of less intensive blood pressure control were accompanied by a lower prevalence of chronic low blood pressure. However, some high-risk populations still have higher average blood pressure levels.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alireza Oraii, Akbar Shafiee, Arash Jalali, Farshid Alaeddini, Soheil Saadat, Saeed Sadeghian, Hamidreza Poorhosseini, Mohamamdali Boroumand, Abbasali Karimi, Oscar H. Franco
Summary: This study assessed the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Tehran. The results showed that despite the high prevalence of hypertension, the rates of awareness, treatment, and control were unsatisfactory, especially among younger men.
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Paul Muntner, Miriam A. Miles, Byron C. Jaeger, Lonnie Hannon, Shakia T. Hardy, Yechiam Ostchega, Gregory Wozniak, Joseph E. Schwartz
Summary: According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, the proportion of US adults with hypertension that have controlled blood pressure has declined. This decline is particularly significant among older adults, women, and non-Hispanic black adults.
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Tomohiro Takahashi, Fumitaka Tanaka, Haruki Shimoda, Kozo Tanno, Kiyomi Sakata, Shuko Takahashi, Yuki Yonekura, Akira Ogawa, Seiichiro Kobayashi, Osamu Shimooki, Motoyuki Nakamura
Summary: The study compared the blood pressure changes of tsunami survivors in the first 5 years after the disaster and found that both relocated and non-relocated survivors experienced a decrease in systolic blood pressure. The group that relocated showed a larger decrease in blood pressure compared to the group that did not relocate.
HYPERTENSION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Sangeeta Hingorani, Robert Schmicker, Kaashif A. Ahmad, Ivan D. Frantz, Dennis E. Mayock, Edmund F. La Gamma, Mariana Baserga, Janine Y. Khan, Maureen M. Gilmore, Tonya Robinson, Patrick Brophy, Patrick J. Heagerty, Sandra E. Juul, Stuart Goldstein, David Askenazi, PENUT Trial Consortium
Summary: Extremely low gestational age neonates are at risk for chronic disease, with approximately 18% having chronic kidney disease, 36% with albuminuria, 22% with elevated systolic blood pressure, and 44% with elevated diastolic blood pressure. Gestational age, birthweight z-score, and prenatal steroids are associated with chronic kidney disease, while indomethacin use, male sex, Black race, and severe acute kidney injury are associated with elevated blood pressure.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
Hugo J. Aparicio, Laura M. Tarko, David Gagnon, Lauren Costa, Ashley Galloway, Serkalem Demissie, Luc Djousse, Sudha Seshadri, Kelly Cho, Peter W. F. Wilson
Summary: This study of US veterans found that low pre-stroke blood pressure was associated with mortality after stroke, especially among patients with comorbidities.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Noelia Martin-Espinosa, Vicente Martinez-Vizcaino, Miriam Garrido-Miguel, Ana Diez-Fernandez, Ana Isabel Cobo-Cuenca, Montserrat Solera-Martinez
Summary: This study examined the trends in blood pressure measurements and classification among Spanish schoolchildren from 2010 to 2017. The results showed an increase in the prevalence of normal blood pressure and a decrease in the prevalence of high blood pressure. Longitudinal analysis also revealed changes in blood pressure classification within the same birth cohort.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
(2023)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Xiaoqian Xu, Han Bao, Zixuan Tian, Hao Zhu, Lige Zhu, Liwei Niu, Tao Yan, Hairong Dong, Xin Fang, Xingguang Zhang
Summary: The study revealed that more than half of the population aged 35-75 in Northern China have hypertension, less than one-tenth have controlled their hypertension successfully, and fewer than one-fifth of hypertension patients receiving treatment have controlled hypertension. Risk factors for hypertension included older age, male gender, Han ethnicity, rural residence, current alcohol consumption, unmarried status, lower education and income levels, diabetes, obesity, and dyslipidemia. Controlled hypertension was less common in younger individuals, Mongol ethnicity, unmarried status, farmers, current drinkers, those with lower education levels, obesity, diabetes, and without prior history of coronary heart disease or cardiovascular disease.
BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
(2021)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Fabio Angeli, Gianpaolo Reboldi, Francesco Giuseppe Solano, Antonietta Prosciutto, Antonella Paolini, Martina Zappa, Claudia Bartolini, Andrea Santucci, Stefano Coiro, Paolo Verdecchia
Summary: Several outcome-based prospective investigations have shown the prognostic value of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in cardiovascular risk stratification. Average 24-hour, daytime, and nighttime blood pressures are essential components that improve risk assessment beyond traditional factors. However, the interpretation and clinical use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring need standardization, and implementing its results in individual patient management remains challenging.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Pauline Boucheron, Gregory Lailler, Elodie Moutengou, Nolwenn Regnault, Amelie Gabet, Catherine Deneux-Tharaux, Sandrine Kretz, Clemence Grave, Claire Mounier-Vehier, Vassilis Tsatsaris, Genevieve Plu-Bureau, Jacques Blacher, Valerie Olie
Summary: This nationwide cohort study found that hypertensive disorders of pregnancy greatly increased the risk of chronic hypertension in primiparous women in the first years following childbirth. Women with HDP were more likely to develop chronic hypertension and sought medical help earlier.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Hidehiro Kaneko, Yuichiro Yano, Hidetaka Itoh, Kojiro Morita, Hiroyuki Kiriyama, Tatsuya Kamon, Katsuhito Fujiu, Nobuaki Michihata, Taisuke Jo, Norifumi Takeda, Hiroyuki Morita, Akira Nishiyama, Koichi Node, George Bakris, Katsuyuki Miura, Paul Muntner, Anthony J. Viera, Suzanne Oparil, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Hideo Yasunaga, Issei Komuro
Summary: Studies suggest that higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure, as well as stage 2 hypertension, are associated with an increased risk of incident colorectal cancer, even among individuals without shared risk factors. This indicates that monitoring blood pressure levels could help identify individuals at higher risk for developing colorectal cancer.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Mari S. Oba, Yoshitaka Murakami, Michihiro Satoh, Takahisa Murakami, Mami Ishikuro, Taku Obara, Kazuhiko Hoshi, Yutaka Imai, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Hiroto Metoki
Summary: The study investigated the trimester-specific direct effects of low gestational weight gain (GWG) in Japanese women on birthweight, identifying that insufficient weight gain in the second and third trimesters had a negative impact on birthweight.
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE
(2021)
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Jesus D. Melgarejo, Wen-Yi Yang, Lutgarde Thijs, Yan Li, Kei Asayama, Tine W. Hansen, Fang-Fei Wei, Masahiro Kikuya, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Eamon Dolan, Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, Qi-Fang Huang, Valerie Tikhonoff, Sofia Malyutina, Edoardo Casiglia, Lars Lind, Edgardo Sandoya, Jan Filipovsky, Natasza Gilis-Malinowska, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz, Jose Boggia, Ji-Guang Wang, Yutaka Imai, Thomas Vanassche, Peter Verhamme, Stefan Janssens, Eoin O'Brien, Gladys E. Maestre, Jan A. Staessen, Zhen-Yu Zhang
Summary: This study found a close association between 24-hour mean arterial pressure and major adverse cardiovascular events, with higher 24-hour systolic blood pressure increasing risk and higher 24-hour diastolic blood pressure reducing risk. Using thresholds for 24-hour mean arterial pressure in conjunction with systolic and diastolic blood pressure can refine risk estimates.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Masato Nagai, Tetsuya Ohira, Kokoro Shirai, Katsunori Kondo
Summary: This cross-sectional study in Japan found that a greater variety of social interactions are associated with higher frequencies of laughter, indicating the importance of social relationships and community-level environmental factors in promoting laughter and potentially improving overall well-being.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Megumi Tsubota-Utsugi, Jun Watanabe, Jun Takebayashi, Tomoyuki Oki, Yoshitaka Tsubono, Takayoshi Ohkubo
Summary: This study constructed an AOC database of foods representative of the typical Japanese diet, clarifying rice and seafood as the main contributors to AOC intake in the overall Japanese diet. Further research is expected to shed light on the association between food-derived AOC and its role in preventing or ameliorating lifestyle-related diseases.
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Masato Nagai, Tetsuya Ohira, Masaharu Maeda, Seiji Yasumura, Itaru Miura, Shuntaro Itagaki, Mayumi Harigane, Kanae Takase, Hirooki Yabe, Akira Sakai, Kenji Kamiya
Summary: The study found that obesity could be a useful predictor for recovery from PTSD, with obese individuals requiring more intensive support and careful follow-up for recovery.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Kei Asayama, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Yutaka Imai
Summary: Accurate blood pressure measurement is essential for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension. Validation of blood pressure measurement devices is crucial, and clinical guidelines should be region-specific. Out-of-office blood pressure measurements are widely recommended in global guidelines to ensure timely and accurate evidence for hypertension.
JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Shingo Nakayama, Michihiro Satoh, Yukako Tatsumi, Takahisa Murakami, Tomoko Muroya, Takuo Hirose, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Takefumi Mori, Atsushi Hozawa, Hirohito Metoki
Summary: The study found that both high and low levels of serum uric acid were identified as risk factors for chronic kidney disease incidence in middle-aged men and women. The association between serum uric acid levels and the increase in the risk of chronic kidney disease incidence differed by sex, and the range of serum uric acid levels associated with an increase in the risk of chronic kidney disease incidence varied by sex.
Article
Rheumatology
Hideyo Tsutsui, Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Hiroko Oguchi, Hajime Kono, Takayoshi Ohkubo
Summary: This study confirmed the validity and reliability of the BD-checklist 92. The number of problem categories in the BD-checklist 92 correlated significantly with all dimensions of the SF-36 questionnaire. Construct validity showed that the number of manifestations experienced and specific lesions contributed to an increased number of problems associated with BD.
RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Aya Hirata, Tomonori Okamura, Takumi Hirata, Daisuke Sugiyama, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Nagako Okuda, Yoshikuni Kita, Takehito Hayakawa, Aya Kadota, Keiko Kondo, Katsuyuki Miura, Akira Okayama, Hirotsugu Ueshima
Summary: There is a U-shaped association between non-fasting triglycerides and fatal cardiovascular disease events in the general population in Japan.
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Akiko Oshiro, Takashi Zaitsu, Yuko Inoue, Jarassri Srinarupat, Vy Thi Nhat Nguyen, Masato Nagai, Jun Aida
Summary: This study aimed to examine objectively measured halitosis levels based on the reasons individuals are concerned about halitosis. The results showed that individuals whose halitosis was pointed out by others had higher objectively measured halitosis levels, while those concerned about the attitudes of others or perceived their own halitosis had lower objectively measured halitosis levels.
JOURNAL OF BREATH RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Kazuro Shimokawa, Mami Ishikuro, Taku Obara, Hirohito Metoki, Satoshi Mizuno, Satoshi Nagaie, Masato Nagai, Chizuru Yamanaka, Hiroko Matsubara, Mayumi Kato, Yuki Sato, Soichi Ogishima, Takako Takai-Igarashi, Masahiro Kikuya, Atsushi Hozawa, Fuji Nagami, Shinichi Kuriyama, Takashi Suzuki, Kengo Kinoshita, Masayuki Yamamoto, Hiroshi Tanaka
Summary: A system called BirThree Enrollment was developed for inputting and storing family information in order to facilitate the BirThree Cohort Study. By expanding the data structure and creating an input control system, complex kinship information can be quickly and accurately inputted and corrected, and family information can be easily retrieved.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yiwei Liu, Aya Hirata, Tomonori Okamura, Daisuke Sugiyama, Takumi Hirata, Aya Kadota, Keiko Kondo, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Katsuyuki Miura, Akira Okayama, Hirotsugu Ueshima
Summary: The impact of resting heart rate on cardiovascular disease mortality varies according to serum albumin levels in the general Japanese population.
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Fumihiko Ueno, Keiko Murakami, Masato Nagai, Hiroko Matsubara, Tomomi Oonuma, Fumiko Matsuzaki, Aoi Noda, Mami Ishikuro, Taku Obara, Shinichi Kuriyama
Summary: In a large-scale disaster, it is important for medical professionals to have access to medication records and provide medicines to those who cannot access their daily medication. However, this study found that a limited number of people carry their medication records and have constant access to their medication information. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct awareness campaigns promoting the use of paper notebooks and medication record applications.
DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yiwei Liu, Tomonori Okamura, Aya Hirata, Yasunori Sato, Takehito Hayakawa, Aya Kadota, Keiko Kondo, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Katsuyuki Miura, Akira Okayama, Hirotsugu Ueshima
Summary: This study found that smoking is associated with worse quality of life in long-term follow-up.
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Masato Nagai, Hiroyuki Hikichi, Koichiro Shiba, Katsunori Kondo, Ichiro Kawachi, Jun Aida
Summary: This study aimed to explore the association between disaster damage and happiness, as well as the changes before and after a disaster. The results showed that survivors with severe housing damage had lower levels of happiness before the disaster, but the gap in unhappiness between those with and without housing damage converged during the follow-up.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
