Chronic Renal Disease in the Older Adult by Maislete Gutiérrez Rufín, Chanel Polanco López

“…A significant association with age, skin colour and seric creatinine was not found and it was with arterial hypertension and smoking.…”
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PPARs and Metabolic Syndrome by Lihong Chen, Zhanjun Jia, Guangrui Yang

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The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Vascular Inflammation and Remodeling by Maricica Pacurari, Ramzi Kafoury, Paul B. Tchounwou, Kenneth Ndebele

“…Inflammation is an important mechanism in the development and progression of CVD such as hypertension and atherosclerosis. In addition to its main role in regulating blood pressure and its role in hypertension, RAAS has proinflammatory and profibrotic effects at cellular and molecular levels. …”
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Elevated Serum C-Reactive Protein and Markers of Sleep Disordered Breathing by R. Constance Wiener, Rouxin Zhang, Anoop Shankar

“…The additive score was not associated in men but moderately associated in women in a multivariable model adjusting for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, smoking, hypertension, alcohol intake, physical activity, body mass index, depression, diabetes, hypertension, and total cholesterol (P-interaction =0.42). …”
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An Association between Bevacizumab and Recurrent Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Patient Presenting with Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report and Review of the Lit... by Mark Lazarus, Stanley Amundson, Rajesh Belani

“…The posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a syndrome characterized by hypertension, headache, seizures, and visual disturbances. …”
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Relationship between Maternal Immunological Response during Pregnancy and Onset of Preeclampsia by Alicia Martínez-Varea, Begoña Pellicer, Alfredo Perales-Marín, Antonio Pellicer

“…Particularly, egg donation pregnancies are associated with a higher incidence of pregnancy-induced hypertension and placental pathology. Preeclampsia, a pregnancy-specific disease characterized by the development of both hypertension and proteinuria, remains the leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. …”
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A voice-based algorithm can predict type 2 diabetes status in USA adults: Findings from the Colive Voice study. by Abir Elbéji, Mégane Pizzimenti, Gloria Aguayo, Aurélie Fischer, Hanin Ayadi, Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, Jean-Pierre Riveline, Vladimir Despotovic, Guy Fagherazzi

“…Performance improved in females aged 60 years or older (AUC = 74%) and individuals with hypertension (AUC = 75%), with an overall agreement above 93% with the ADA risk score. …”
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Nutritional Assessment and sociodemographic factors, health conditions and habits associated in old people by Joilson Meneguci, Álvaro da Silva Santos, Renata Damião

“…We associated underweight to smoking and overweight to females, and the presence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus.…”
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Hyperthyroidism with Biventricular Heart Failure and Cirrhotic Transformation of the Liver by Rashmi Dhital, Shivani Vyas, Priyadarshani Sharma, Theresa Lynn, Oreoluwa Oladiran, Sijan Basnet

“…Ascitic fluid analysis revealed portal hypertension as the cause. The patient was restarted on antithyroid medication with gradual improvement of thyroid function and in clinical and echocardiogram findings. …”
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Ocular and Systemic Risk Factors of Different Morphologies of Scotoma in Patients with Normal-Tension Glaucoma by Ewa Kosior-Jarecka, Dominika Wróbel-Dudzińska, Urszula Łukasik, Tomasz Żarnowski

“…Risk factors such as notch, disc hemorrhage, general hypertension, migraine, and diabetes were strongly associated with specific visual field defects. …”
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Characterization of cerebro-vascular disease in the Intermediate Care Unit. Multicentre study in the central part of Cuba. by Alba Enseñat Alvarez, Rubén Bembibre Taboada, Maribel Misas Menéndez, Julio Cortizo Hernández, Niurka Galende Hernández, Aleida Hernández Lara, Ramón Erice Lafont

“…<strong>Conclusions</strong>: Cerebrovascular diseases is a health problem in our environment. Hypertension is the most frequent risk marker observed and there is a predominance of ischemic ictus . …”
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Untypical Amlodipine-Induced Gingival Hyperplasia by Verica Pavlic, Nina Zubovic, Sanja Ilic, Tijana Adamovic

“…Amlodipine is a third generation dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker that is frequently used in therapy of hypertension. Among many side effects, amlodipine has been found associated with gingival overgrowth (GO) which usually occurs within the first three months of starting therapy at a dose of 10 mg/day. …”
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Music therapy influence in the reduction of moderately high blood pressure figures by Frank Miguel Hernández Velázquez, Belén de la Caridad Santiesteban Rodríguez, Raúl Javier Pizarro Hechevarría

“…<p><strong>Background</strong>: arterial hypertension is a disease with a high prevalence worldwide. …”
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Risk Factor to Chronic Disease no Transmitted In Cienfuegos, Cuba 2010. Preliminaries results of CARMEN II by Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Alain Morejón Giraldoni, Alfredo Dario Espinosa Brito, Orestes Orlando Landrove Rodríguez, Dania Peraza Alejo, Pedro Ovidio Orduñez García

“…Studied variables included: hypertension; obesity, measured by the body mass index, smoking and diabetes mellitus. …”
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A Therapeutic Challenge: Liddle’s Syndrome Managed with Amiloride during Pregnancy by Amelia Caretto, Liviana Primerano, Francesca Novara, Orsetta Zuffardi, Stefano Genovese, Maurizio Rondinelli

“…Liddle’s syndrome (LS) is a rare heritable form of hypertension that often affects young patients. It is caused by gain-of-function mutations of the kidney epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) and it is classically associated with hypokalemia and suppression of renin and aldosterone. …”
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Behavior of non-Transmissible Chronic Diseases in Elder Adults by Raidel González Rodríguez, Juan Cardentey García

“…In the study women older than 75 years prevailed so as hypertension in both sexes. With aging the presence of more than 1 co morbidity, familial antecedent was the higher so as the smoking habit.…”
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Efficacy of Opioid-Free Anesthesia with Dexmedetomidine in Inhibiting Nociception during Laparoscopic Abdominal Procedures: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Anisa Olata, Susilo Chandra, Arif H. M. Marsaban, Aida Rosita Tantri

“…There was no significant difference in the number of incidences of intraoperative hypotension, hypertension, bradycardia, and tachycardia incidence between the two groups. …”
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Thiazide-Associated Hyponatremia and Mortality Risk: A Cohort Study by Steven G. Achinger, Juan Carlos Ayus, Ambuj Kumar, Athanasios Tsalatsanis

“…Rationale &amp; Objective: There are likely over 42 million patients with hypertension taking thiazides in the United States and many more worldwide. …”
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KAP of influenza, streptococcal pneumonia, and herpes zoster among community-dwelling older adults with chronic diseases in Nanjing city: a cross-sectional survey by Zhengkai SHEN, Siyu TIAN, Zhiyong WANG, Wenjing ZHU, Lirong DONG, Jinshui XU

“…ObjectiveTo understand the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) related to influenza, streptococcal pneumonia, herpes zoster and their vaccines among community residents aged 60 years and older with hypertension or type 2 diabetes in Nanjing city, Jiangsu province, to provide a basis for better community health management services. …”
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High interstitial fluid pressure enhances USP1-dependent KIF11 protein stability to promote hepatocellular carcinoma progression by Zhengyi Wu, Chao Li, Shouhua Zhang, Liang Sun, Junwen Hu, Bingbing Qiu, Shuiqiu Liu, Yiran Hong, Tianxiang Chen, Kai Wang, Xiangbao Yin, Jinlong Yan

“…Clinical analysis confirmed that both USP1 and KIF11 were significantly overexpressed in HCC patients with portal hypertension, with a strong correlation between the two. …”
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