Interpretable machine learning for identifying determinants of high hypertension burden under extreme heat vulnerability: evidence from Maryland, USA.
Extreme heat poses increasing risks to cardiovascular health, yet fine-scale determinants of heat-related hypertension burden remain insufficiently understood. This study examines high hypertension bu...
Multimorbidity patterns and their associations with demographic characteristics, behavioral factors, and urban-rural residence: A latent class analysis in the Thai population.
Multimorbidity, defined as the presence of two or more chronic conditions, is a growing public health concern. Understanding disease clustering and risk profiles is crucial for prevention and planning...
Genetic Variants in the MTHFR and WNK1 Genes and Their Contribution to Hypertension Susceptibility.
BACKGROUND: Hypertension (HTN) is a common and complex disorder influenced by multiple genetic and environmental factor, where the underlying mechanisms of its etiology remain incompletely understood ...
Burden of metabolic diseases in mainland China from 1990 to 2021: results from the global burden of disease study 2021.
BACKGROUND: Within the last three decades, common metabolic diseases have become a worldwide health burden, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and ...
Patient perceptions and preferences during a community-based telehealth care model for moderate-to-severe hypertension in rural communities in Kenya and Uganda.
INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is a growing health concern in sub-Saharan Africa, yet access to care can be challenging, especially in rural areas. Overcoming barriers to hypertension care remains a prior...
Challenges in diagnosis of reninoma: three case reports and literature review.
BACKGROUND: Reninoma is rare and very challenging to diagnose. It is characterized by excessive renin secretion that causes severe hypertension and occurs more frequently in young females. Here, we co...
Telecardiology assessment of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and management strategies of patients referred for telecardiology consultations, specifically for preoperative cardiovascular ri...
Analysis of nursing consultations for people with systemic arterial hypertension in Primary Health Care.
OBJECTIVE: to analyze nursing consultations with people with systemic arterial hypertension in primary health care according to the Brazilian Guidelines for Arterial Hypertension, the stages of the Nu...
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Profiles in Children With Primary Headache Disorders Despite Normal Office Blood Pressure.
OBJECTIVES: Headache is a common complaint in children and may indicate early hypertension (HT), an emerging concern in pediatrics. Children with primary headache (PH) may exhibit elevated blood press...
Fast Food, Health Impacts, and Policy Responses in China and India.
Background: In China and India, the fast-food industry has rapidly expanded in the past three decades, alongside rising rates of overweight, obesity, and diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs)....
ECG Criteria for Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertensive Black Africans: Insights from the coArtHA Trial.
BACKGROUND: Electrocardiographic (ECG) criteria for detecting left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) have largely been derived from non-African populations. Their diagnostic performance in Black African a...
Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Barthel Index-dyspnea in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
BACKGROUND/AIM: The Barthel Index-dyspnea (BI-d) is a respiratory disease-specific tool developed on the basis of the Barthel Index (BI), which provides a simple and quick way to measure the degree of...
Improving performance of polygenic risk scores for hypertension across two ancestry groups.
Polygenic risk score (PRS) methods are evolving, and the benefit of adding functional annotations to the variant weights has been especially promising. However, less attention has been given to how th...
Adherence to medication and gender are associated with uncontrolled hypertension: findings of a cross-sectional study in East-Central Uganda.
INTRODUCTION: while uncontrolled hypertension (UCH) affects mostly developing countries, there is limited information on its burden and associated factors in Uganda. This study, therefore, sought to d...
Digital health information-seeking behaviors and trust in AI-based physician chatbots among patients with hypertension: a cross-sectional survey in Saudi Arabia.
BACKGROUND: Hypertension requires sustained self-management beyond routine clinical encounters, yet evidence on how patients engage with digital health information and what shapes their trust in AI-ba...
Prehypertension, Hypertension, and Their Association With Weight-Adjusted Waist Index in Normoglycemic Japanese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.
OBJECTIVE: Obesity, impaired glucose tolerance, and diabetes significantly increase hypertension risk. Previous studies across various populations have linked the weight-adjusted waist index (WWI)-a k...
Association between mental health service utilization and diabetes-hypertension comorbidity: a community-based study.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between mental health service (MHS) utilization and diabetes-hypertension (DM-HTN) comorbidity and to explore the roles of depression, health behaviors, and subgr...
A comparative analysis of ACE Inhibitors and ARBs as cancer risk factors.
IMPORTANCE: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are widely prescribed antihypertensive agents. Although their cardiovascular and renal benefits ar...
Assessment of Impacts of Clinically Effective Antihypertensive Herbal Medicines on the Activities of Major Drug Metabolizing Enzymes and Transport Proteins.
INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is one of the most common non-communicable diseases, and reports indicate that its prevalence is escalating globally due to several factors. Studies in different countries h...
Case Report: Pediatric ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma presenting with hypertension and anuria.
BACKGROUND: Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary adenomas are rare endocrine neoplasms. Pituitary apoplexy, caused by acute hemorrhage or infarction within the tumor, is an uncommon ...