Journal of HypertensionPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-09-19DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003848
Tingran Zhang, Yi Yang, Kun Wang, Shiqi Liu, Jiong Luo
{"title":"Study on the effect of full body isometric resistance training on cardiovascular pressure response.","authors":"Tingran Zhang, Yi Yang, Kun Wang, Shiqi Liu, Jiong Luo","doi":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003848","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Exploring the effect of different isometric resistance training (IRT) on improving blood pressure, so as to provide important reference for the design of aerobic exercise prescription for IRT to improve blood pressure.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty eight overweight or obese college students with irregular exercise habits were randomly divided into four groups and underwent exercise intervention three times a week for a total of 6 weeks. Cardiovascular changes were evaluated before the first and 18th exercise sessions, as well as 0, 30, and 60 min after exercise.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Heart rate (HR) of equal distance wall squat group (ISG) and whole body equal length exercise group (WIG) increased significantly immediately after exercise, but long-term IRT intervention significantly decreased systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) of WIG and ISG, SBP, and MAP of equal grip strength group (IHG), and DBP and MAP of equal curl up group (ICG); In the first exercise, ICG, ISG, and WIG significantly increased SBP and DBP immediately after exercise, ISG significantly increased MAP immediately after exercise, while in the 18th exercise, IHG, ISG, and WIG significantly increased SBP immediately after exercise, ISG significantly increased DBP and MAP immediately after exercise.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>IRT is a safe and easy to implement exercise mode. Long-term intervention can effectively control blood pressure, and will not cause excessive cardiovascular pressure response after a single exercise.</p>","PeriodicalId":16043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hypertension","volume":"43 2","pages":"211-220"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142921139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HypertensionPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-02DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003891
Francesco P Cappuccio, Roberto Manfredini, Filippo Pigazzani
{"title":"Chronotherapy of hypertension: let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater!","authors":"Francesco P Cappuccio, Roberto Manfredini, Filippo Pigazzani","doi":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003891","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hypertension","volume":"43 2","pages":"201-202"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142921964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HypertensionPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-09DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003897
Ignatios Ikonomidis, John Thymis, Georgios Georgiopoulos, George Pavlidis, Konstantinos Katogiannis, Gavriella Kostelli, Dimitrios Vlastos, Panagiotis Plotas, Helen Triantafyllidi, Dimitrios Delialis, Georgios Mavraganis, Vaia Lambadiari, Kimon Stamatelopoulos
{"title":"The incremental predictive value of arterial stiffness over SCORE2 in the setting of primary cardiovascular prevention: a 6-year follow-up study.","authors":"Ignatios Ikonomidis, John Thymis, Georgios Georgiopoulos, George Pavlidis, Konstantinos Katogiannis, Gavriella Kostelli, Dimitrios Vlastos, Panagiotis Plotas, Helen Triantafyllidi, Dimitrios Delialis, Georgios Mavraganis, Vaia Lambadiari, Kimon Stamatelopoulos","doi":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003897","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003897","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Arterial stiffness hallmarks age-related cardiovascular diseases, precedes their onset and strongly links to accelerated disease progression. However, whether carotid-to-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV), a proxy of arterial stiffness, predicts cardiovascular risk over and above SCORE2, a newly introduced risk score remains to be investigated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We measured PWV among 747 individuals without established atheromatosis. Study participants were followed up over a 6-year period for the incidence of cardiovascular events [[MACE)-cardiovascular mortality, stroke and myocardial infarction].</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>PWV emerged as an independent and additive predictor of first cardiovascular events when added in a model encompassing SCORE2 (hazard ratio = 1.10; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 1.07-1.14; P < 0.001, Brier score changed from 0.073 (0.060-0.086) to 0.067 (0.055-0.081); P < 0.001, c-statistic increased from 0.71 to 0.75; P = 0.017; likelihood ratio: 20.22; P < 0.001; the overall net reclassification improvement (NRI): 0.577; P < 0.001, AICc changed from 697.81 to 679.60; BIC changed from 702.42 to 688.82]. An increase in PWV predicted a greater risk of future MACEs additively to conventional risk factors ( P < 0.05). We performed Kaplan-Meier survival analysis for the tertiles of PWV [first tertile < 8.04 m/s; the second tertile: (8.04-10 m/s); the third tertile: (10-17.10 m/s); ( P < 0.05 for all comparisons between the tertiles). PWV tertiles also predicted MACE when added to SCORE2 [for the second tertile: hazard ratio: 5.87 (95% CI: 1.73-19.92); P = 0.004 and for the third tertile: hazard ratio: 9.69 (95% CI: 2.97-31.55); P < 0.001 with the respective change of c-statistic from 0.739 to 0.772; P = 0.012 and continuous NRI = 0.598].</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>PWV confers additive prognostic value to the newly introduced SCORE2 for adverse outcome in primary prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":16043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hypertension","volume":" ","pages":"271-279"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HypertensionPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-09DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003902
Enoch Lue, Don D Shamilov, David F Lo
{"title":"Correspondence to \"Association between liver fat level and risk of hypertension: evidence from a Chinese health examination dataset\".","authors":"Enoch Lue, Don D Shamilov, David F Lo","doi":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003902","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hypertension","volume":"43 2","pages":"362-363"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142921965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HypertensionPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-02DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003889
Muhammad Osama, Safiyyah Ubaid, Ubaid Ullah, Maryam Ubaid
{"title":"Serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and cystatin C as predictors of hypertension in ex-preterm children later in life.","authors":"Muhammad Osama, Safiyyah Ubaid, Ubaid Ullah, Maryam Ubaid","doi":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003889","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hypertension","volume":"43 2","pages":"364-365"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142921970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HypertensionPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-02DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003904
Athanasia Chainoglou, Stella Stabouli
{"title":"Serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, cystatin C and blood pressure in ex-preterm children and adolescents.","authors":"Athanasia Chainoglou, Stella Stabouli","doi":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003904","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hypertension","volume":"43 2","pages":"363-364"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142920568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HypertensionPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-02DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003913
Yasuharu Tabara
{"title":"Sleep blood pressure and cardiovascular events in men and women.","authors":"Yasuharu Tabara","doi":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003913","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hypertension","volume":"43 2","pages":"366"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142921138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HypertensionPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-02DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003876
Stephen Poos, Noha Hassan, Shan Jin, Ikhtesham Chuadhry, David F Lo
{"title":"A rheumatological perspective on hypertension: a role for disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs?","authors":"Stephen Poos, Noha Hassan, Shan Jin, Ikhtesham Chuadhry, David F Lo","doi":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003876","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hypertension","volume":"43 2","pages":"359-360"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142921961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HypertensionPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-16DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003908
Liana Carla Albuquerque Peres Martinho, Divanei Zaniqueli, Ana Eliza Andreazzi, Camila Maciel de Oliveira, Alexandre Costa Pereira, Rafael de Oliveira Alvim
{"title":"Association between early menarche and hypertension in pre and postmenopausal women: Baependi Heart Study.","authors":"Liana Carla Albuquerque Peres Martinho, Divanei Zaniqueli, Ana Eliza Andreazzi, Camila Maciel de Oliveira, Alexandre Costa Pereira, Rafael de Oliveira Alvim","doi":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003908","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003908","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Early menarche has been associated with an increased risk of arterial hypertension. Whether the association between early menarche and hypertension is independent of menopausal status is unknown. This study aimed to investigate the association between early menarche and hypertension in pre and postmenopausal women.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study analyzed data from 1406 women aged 18-100. Age at menarche, menopause status, hemodynamic, anthropometric, and biochemical data were collected by using standard protocols. Menarche <12 years was defined as early menarche. Systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and/or diastolic ≥90 mmHg and/or intake of antihypertensive medication, were used as criteria for hypertension.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 21.3% of women had early menarche (<12 years), and the frequency of hypertension was 38.7%. Premenopausal women with early menarche had a 58% higher chance of developing hypertension, even after adjusting for age, obesity, and smoking [odds ratio (OR) 1.58; (95% confidence interval, CI 1.016-2.461)]. In postmenopausal women, age, obesity, and diabetes mellitus were predictors of hypertension, while early menarche was not.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The odds of hypertension were higher with early menarche, but only in women of reproductive age. In postmenopausal women, the physiological changes inherent to aging and the presence of more comorbidities, such as diabetes, might overlap the influence of early menarche on hypertension.</p>","PeriodicalId":16043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hypertension","volume":" ","pages":"318-324"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HypertensionPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-08-26DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003854
X Wang, J E Shaw, J Yu, G Jennings, B Stavreski, D Magliano, T K Gill, R Adams, A Rodgers, M Woodward, M P Schlaich, R Singleton, B Zhou, A E Schutte
{"title":"Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control rates of hypertension in the general population of Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"X Wang, J E Shaw, J Yu, G Jennings, B Stavreski, D Magliano, T K Gill, R Adams, A Rodgers, M Woodward, M P Schlaich, R Singleton, B Zhou, A E Schutte","doi":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003854","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HJH.0000000000003854","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A recent call-to-action highlighted that Australia is lagging behind high-income countries regarding hypertension control rates. We performed a systematic literature search of reports on prevalence, awareness, treatment and control rates since 2010. We also undertook an individual participant data meta-analysis of six population-based studies in the general population from 1980 to 2018 to understand the size of the problem and trajectories over time. The aggregated data showed that after 2010, hypertension prevalence was 31% [95% confidence interval (CI) 27-34%], and awareness, treatment, and control rates among people with hypertension were 56% (41-71%), 54% (46-62%) and 34% (22-47%), respectively. Since 1980, these figures have shown slight improvement. However, we noted a low availability of quality nationwide databases for Australia. We require critical action to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of hypertension, and highlight the need for large-scale investment in tracking population health in order to produce vital health statistics for the nation.</p>","PeriodicalId":16043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hypertension","volume":" ","pages":"185-190"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142154336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}