Tag: Heart / Stroke-Related: High Blood Pressure

Established CVD risk factors account for 57 and 84 percent of the increased rate of CVD for preeclampsia, gestational HTN

Prevalence of pregnancy-associated hypertension and chronic hypertension increased among delivery hospitalizations

Significant reductions in systolic and diastolic BP observed at up to 36 months following intervention versus sham control procedure

Surveys conducted across 60 countries reveal screening strategies using the second blood pressure reading had the smallest misdiagnosis rate

Reduction seen in risk for primary outcome event, with no increased risk for small-for-gestational age birth weight

Each standard deviation increase in BP polygenic risk score linked to 12 percent increased hazard of adverse CV events

High prevalence of HTN, T2D seen among Puerto Rican cohort; those with both have deteriorating patterns in major white matter tracts

Protein consumed in moderate amounts from various sources linked to lower risk for developing hypertension

Risk for hypertensive disorder of pregnancy increased in women with increase or little or no decline in blood pressure early in pregnancy

Women who experienced both sexual assault and workplace sexual harassment had highest risk for developing hypertension