Tag: Blood Pressure
Race-, Gender-Related Microaggression Linked to Higher Postpartum BP
Participants who experienced one or more microaggressions had 1.88 and 2.19 mm Hg higher systolic BP from days 1 to 10 and 11 to 85
SPRINT Results Transportable to CKD Patients From Clinical Practice
Associations of intensive versus standard BP control with major cardiovascular events, all-cause death, and adverse events were transportable
Parents, Clinicians Skeptical of Children’s High Blood Pressure Readings
Both groups prefer nonpharmacological management
β-Blocker Use Delays Motor Onset With Huntington Disease
β-blocker use also tied to reduced rate of worsening of symptoms in early motor-manifest disease
Poststroke Epilepsy Risk Varies With Antihypertensive Treatment
Risk for PSE was lower for patients treated with ARBs and higher for those receiving calcium channel blockers, beta-blockers
Higher Caregiving Stress Tied to Incident Hypertension
Findings seen among younger Black women followed for seven years
Elevated Blood Pressure Variability Linked to Lower Cognitive Scores
Association differed by race and was only significant in older Black adults
Deprescribing Antihypertensives Not Tied to Hospitalization for Heart Attack, Stroke
Estimated unadjusted cumulative incidence did not differ between long-term care residents who were deprescribed or continued antihypertensives
Work-Time Physical Activity Tied to Ambulatory Blood Pressure
Work-time standing behavior tied to less favorable diastolic blood pressure profile
AHA: Intensive Strategy for Lowering Systolic BP Beneficial in Type 2 Diabetes
Significantly lower incidence of major cardiovascular events seen with intensive- versus standard-treatment strategy
