2025
Sociodemographic correlates of hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean
Oladele C, Miller M, Adams O, Maharaj R, Nazario C, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M, Desai M. Sociodemographic correlates of hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2025, 43: 101012. PMID: 40093852, PMCID: PMC11910123, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrevalence of hypertensionMinority healthSociodemographic correlatesHypertension prevalenceSelf-administered health surveyHypertension care cascadeLow physical activityCommunity-dwelling personsEducational attainmentSelf-reported hypertensionJoint National Committee on PreventionSource of healthcareHigher prevalence of hypertensionAssociated with awarenessLower educational attainmentPredictors of hypertensionAge of participantsControl of hypertensionTreatment of High Blood PressureNational InstitutePhysical activityHealth disparitiesHigh blood pressureCare cascadeHealth Survey
2024
Impact of COVID-19 on recorded blood pressure screening and hypertension management in England: an analysis of monthly changes in the quality and outcomes framework indicators in OpenSAFELY
Wiedemann M, Speed V, Cunningham C, Higgins R, Curtis H, Andrews C, Fisher L, Hopcroft L, Rentsch C, Mahalingasivam V, Tomlinson L, Morton C, Samuel M, Green A, Wood C, Brown A, Massey J, Walters C, Smith R, Inglesby P, Evans D, Maude S, Dillingham I, Walker A, Morley J, Mehrkar A, Bacon S, Bates C, Cockburn J, Parry J, Hester F, McManus R, Goldacre B, MacKenna B. Impact of COVID-19 on recorded blood pressure screening and hypertension management in England: an analysis of monthly changes in the quality and outcomes framework indicators in OpenSAFELY. Open Heart 2024, 11: e002732. PMID: 39214534, PMCID: PMC11664366, DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2024-002732.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressure screeningPressure screeningPercentage of patientsHypertension prevalenceHypertension managementPopulation-based cohort studyRecord of hypertensionCardiovascular disease managementClinical subgroupsQOF indicatorsScreening ratesPrimary careGeneral practiceHome statusNHS patientsOlder peopleBlood pressure measurementsCare schemesCohort studyDisease managementImpact of COVID-19COVID-19Framework indicatorsNational qualityNHSHypertension Trends and Disparities Over 12 Years in a Large Health System: Leveraging the Electronic Health Records
Brush J, Lu Y, Liu Y, Asher J, Li S, Sawano M, Young P, Schulz W, Anderson M, Burrows J, Krumholz H. Hypertension Trends and Disparities Over 12 Years in a Large Health System: Leveraging the Electronic Health Records. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e033253. PMID: 38686864, PMCID: PMC11179912, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsRegional health systemImprove hypertension careHealth systemHealth recordsHypertension careDiastolic blood pressureAge-adjusted prevalence ratesNon-Hispanic Black patientsPrevalence ratesLarger health systemCross-sectional analysisTransformation of medical dataLeveraging real-world dataHigh prevalence rateHypertension trendsHypertension prevalenceBlood pressureBlood pressure measurementsHypertension diagnosisPrimary outcomeNational trendsProportion of patientsAntihypertensive medicationsBlack patientsInterviewer biases in medical survey data: The example of blood pressure measurements
Geldsetzer P, Chang A, Meijer E, Sudharsanan N, Charu V, Kramlinger P, Haarburger R. Interviewer biases in medical survey data: The example of blood pressure measurements. PNAS Nexus 2024, 3: pgae109. PMID: 38525305, PMCID: PMC10959064, DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlood pressure measurementsHealth SurveyGlobal health indicatorsMiddle-income countriesInterviewer effectsHypertension prevalenceBlood pressureHealth agenciesLinear mixed modelsHealth indicatorsPhysical measurementsPrevalence estimatesSystolic blood pressurePressure measurementsGlobal SouthHealthInterviewsSubdistrict levelIndividual factorsSurvey dataMedical survey dataInterview techniquesMixed modelsRandom effectsProportion of variation
2023
Age and Smoking Duration as the Risk Factors for Hypertension among Indonesian Males
Kusumawati M, Fitriani B, Martini S, Ni Z. Age and Smoking Duration as the Risk Factors for Hypertension among Indonesian Males. Folia Medica Indonesiana 2023, 59: 51-57. DOI: 10.20473/fmi.v59i1.36868.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHypertension incidenceSmoking durationRisk factorsPrevalence ratiosIndonesian maleLogistic regressionIndonesian Family Life Survey 5Hypertension risk factorsIncidence of hypertensionSurvey 5Confidence intervalsCommon risk factorsMultiple logistic regressionCross-sectional surveyChi-square testMann-Whitney testSimple logistic regressionHypertension prevalenceUnivariate analysisHypertensionSilent killerBivariate analysisIncidenceAgeMultivariate regressionChanging Trends in Demographics, Risk Factors, and Clinical Features of Patients With Infective Endocarditis–Related Stroke, 2005–2015
Ridha M, Flaherty M, Aziz Y, Ades L, Alwell K, Khoury J, Woo D, Ferioli S, Adeoye O, Khatri P, De Los Rios La Rosa F, Mistry E, Demel S, Mackey J, Martini S, Coleman E, Jasne A, Slavin S, Walsh K, Star M, Haverbusch M, Madsen T, Broderick J, Kissela B, Kleindorfer D. Changing Trends in Demographics, Risk Factors, and Clinical Features of Patients With Infective Endocarditis–Related Stroke, 2005–2015. Neurology 2023, 100: e1555-e1564. PMID: 36746635, PMCID: PMC10103121, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000206865.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsOpioid epidemicClinical characteristicsClinical featuresGreater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky regionStudy periodRetrospective cohort studyRates of hypertensionIntravenous drug useIntravenous drug usersICD-10 codesCochran-Armitage testPerioperative strokeAcute strokeCohort studyDefinite endocarditisDuke criteriaHypertension prevalenceIschemic strokeYounger patientsStroke populationInfective endocarditisAtrial fibrillationEpidemiologic descriptionUnadjusted comparisons
2022
Rural Residence and Antihypertensive Medication Use in US Stroke Survivors
Tran PM, Tran LT, Zhu C, Chang T, Powers IP, Goldstein LB, Lichtman JH. Rural Residence and Antihypertensive Medication Use in US Stroke Survivors. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2022, 11: e026678. PMID: 35862140, PMCID: PMC9375512, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.026678.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUS stroke survivorsAntihypertensive medication useAntihypertensive useStroke survivorsLifestyle characteristicsMedication useBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveyUrban residenceSurvey-weighted logistic regressionRural stroke survivorsSurvey-weighted prevalenceHigh smoking prevalenceRecurrent strokeHypertension prevalenceSmoking prevalenceRural residentsRural residenceHypertensionReported historyLogistic regressionSurvivorsGeographic disparitiesSystem surveyPrevalenceSignificant increaseSevere inpatient hypertension prevalence and blood pressure response to antihypertensive treatment
Ghazi L, Li F, Chen X, Simonov M, Yamamoto Y, Biswas A, Hanna J, Shah T, Townsend R, Peixoto A, Wilson FP. Severe inpatient hypertension prevalence and blood pressure response to antihypertensive treatment. Journal Of Clinical Hypertension 2022, 24: 339-349. PMID: 35174627, PMCID: PMC8925013, DOI: 10.1111/jch.14431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere hypertensionBlood pressure responseBP elevationUntreated patientsCox proportional hazards modelRetrospective cohort studyPressure responseProportional hazards modelAntihypertensive treatmentInpatient hypertensionMore comorbiditiesPossible overtreatmentHospitalized adultsCohort studyHypertension prevalenceArterial pressureHospitalized patientsTreatment guidelinesHypertensionGreater rateHazards modelPatientsAntihypertensivesTreatmentAdmission
2021
Prevalence and trends of coronary artery disease risk factors and their effect on age of diagnosis in patients with established coronary artery disease: Tehran Heart Center (2005–2015)
Hosseini K, Mortazavi S, Sadeghian S, Ayati A, Nalini M, Aminorroaya A, Tavolinejad H, Salarifar M, Pourhosseini H, Aein A, Jalali A, Bozorgi A, Mehrani M, Kamangar F. Prevalence and trends of coronary artery disease risk factors and their effect on age of diagnosis in patients with established coronary artery disease: Tehran Heart Center (2005–2015). BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2021, 21: 477. PMID: 34607557, PMCID: PMC8491372, DOI: 10.1186/s12872-021-02293-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCAD risk factorsRisk factorsTehran Heart CenterOpium useDisease risk factorsEffect of opium useCoronary artery disease risk factorsArtery disease risk factorsMiddle-income countriesYears earlier ageHigher risk of CADHeart CenterCAD diagnosisCross-sectional studyPublic health challengeArtery diseaseAssociated with higher riskBody-mass indexRisk of CADConventional CAD risk factorsAge of CAD onsetLipid profile componentsTraditional risk factorsHypertension prevalenceAge of diagnosisSocioeconomic Status and Its Relation to Hypertension in Rural Nepal
Bhattarai S, Tandstad B, Shrestha A, Karmacharya B, Sen A. Socioeconomic Status and Its Relation to Hypertension in Rural Nepal. International Journal Of Hypertension 2021, 2021: 5542438. PMID: 34497724, PMCID: PMC8419497, DOI: 10.1155/2021/5542438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLifestyle factorsBlood pressureMiddle-income countriesPrevalence ratiosSocioeconomic positionBlood pressure-lowering medicinesAge-standardized prevalenceSocioeconomic statusDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureRural health centersCross-sectional studySocioeconomic factorsRural NepalPoisson regression modelsHypertension prevalenceHypertensive participantsHealth centersHypertensionStudy participantsCausal mediation analysisConfidence intervalsSelf-reported dataEvidence of mediationFurther studiesImproving services for chronic non‐communicable diseases in Samoa: an implementation research study using the care cascade framework
Fraser‐Hurt N, Naseri LT, Thomsen R, Matalavea A, Ieremia‐Faasili V, Reupena MS, Hawley NL, Pomer A, Rivara AC, Obure DC, Zhang S. Improving services for chronic non‐communicable diseases in Samoa: an implementation research study using the care cascade framework. Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Public Health 2021, 46: 36-45. PMID: 34309937, DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.13113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic non-communicable diseasesNon-communicable diseasesChronic care servicesCare continuumNon-communicable disease burdenImplementation research studyEffective primary preventionContinuity of careMedical record dataHealth system redesignHealth service redesignBetter health communicationHypertension prevalenceBlood pressureHypertensive individualsHypertension patientsPrimary preventionNutritional interventionDisease burdenEffective patientTracer conditionsPrimary healthcarePatient needsTreatment supportCare servicesTargeting Hypertension Screening in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis of 1.2 Million Adults in 56 Countries
Kirschbaum T, Theilmann M, Sudharsanan N, Manne‐Goehler J, Lemp J, De Neve J, Marcus M, Ebert C, Chen S, Aryal K, Bahendeka S, Norov B, Damasceno A, Dorobantu M, Farzadfar F, Fattahi N, Gurung M, Guwatudde D, Labadarios D, Lunet N, Rayzan E, Moghaddam S, Webster J, Davies J, Atun R, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Jaacks L, Geldsetzer P. Targeting Hypertension Screening in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis of 1.2 Million Adults in 56 Countries. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e021063. PMID: 34212779, PMCID: PMC8403275, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.021063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexReceiver operating characteristic curveMass indexMiddle-income countriesSmoking statusCharacteristic curveScreening programLow-and-middle-income countriesPositive association of hypertensionAnd Middle-Income CountriesBlood pressure-lowering medicationPressure-lowering medicationsArea under the receiver operating characteristic curveDiastolic blood pressureAssociation of hypertensionNationally representative dataCross-sectional analysisHypertension screening programHypertension screeningHypertension prevalenceCombination of ageBlood pressureHypertensionLMICsIndividual-levelHypertension prevalence in the All of Us Research Program among groups traditionally underrepresented in medical research
Chandler P, Clark C, Zhou G, Noel N, Achilike C, Mendez L, Ramirez A, Loperena-Cortes R, Mayo K, Cohn E, Ohno-Machado L, Boerwinkle E, Cicek M, Qian J, Schully S, Ratsimbazafy F, Mockrin S, Gebo K, Dedier J, Murphy S, Smoller J, Karlson E. Hypertension prevalence in the All of Us Research Program among groups traditionally underrepresented in medical research. Scientific Reports 2021, 11: 12849. PMID: 34158555, PMCID: PMC8219813, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92143-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of hypertensionHTN prevalenceUs Research ProgramMajor public health concernBlood pressure medicationsPopulation-based studyNutrition Examination SurveyBlood pressure measurementsPopulation-based surveyEHR dataPatient measurementsPublic health concernAntihypertensive medicationsEHR cohortHTN medicationsHypertension prevalenceCrude prevalenceHypertension casesHypertension treatmentExamination SurveyNational HealthHypertensionBilling codesMedicationsCohortMay Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Lebanon
Najem RN, Halawi A, Tanios B, Ambriss R, Bikai RE, Partington G, Beaney T, Poulter NR, Abu Alfa A. May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Lebanon. European Heart Journal Supplements 2021, 23: b92-b94. PMID: 34248434, PMCID: PMC8263084, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/suab037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlood pressureAntihypertensive medicationsLebanese populationImportant public health concernPrevalence of hypertensionBlood pressure readingsTreatment of hypertensionSilent killer diseasePublic health concernCross-sectional surveyOne-thirdHypertensive populationHypertension prevalenceDiastolic BPAnnual screeningBetter prognosisLifestyle factorsMean ageHigh prevalenceHypertensionMortality rateKiller diseasePressure readingsRapid interventionHealth concernPatient Awareness and Clinical Inertia: Obstacles to Hypertension Control in Rural Communities in the Dominican Republic
Castro-Dominguez Y, Paredes M, Mones P, Spatz ES, Lombo B, Sepulveda P, Reyes-Uribe O, Otero J, Ramirez G, Urena P, Lopez E, Dominguez B, McNamara RL. Patient Awareness and Clinical Inertia: Obstacles to Hypertension Control in Rural Communities in the Dominican Republic. American Journal Of Hypertension 2021, 34: 939-947. PMID: 33822861, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpab054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care clinicsUncontrolled blood pressureBlood pressureClinical inertiaHypertension controlMedical historyAdequate hypertension controlHealth care visitsTherapeutic intensificationUndiagnosed hypertensionCare visitsHypertension prevalenceCare clinicsPharmacological treatmentFemale sexPatient awarenessPCC patientsHypertensionClinical actionsHealth care informationPhysician actionPrivate insuranceCI rateRural communitiesPopulation awareness
2019
Socio-economic inequalities in hypertension burden and cascade of services: nationwide cross-sectional study in Nepal
Mishra SR, Ghimire S, Shrestha N, Shrestha A, Virani SS. Socio-economic inequalities in hypertension burden and cascade of services: nationwide cross-sectional study in Nepal. Journal Of Human Hypertension 2019, 33: 613-625. PMID: 30659279, DOI: 10.1038/s41371-019-0165-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedBlood PressureCross-Sectional StudiesEducational StatusFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Status DisparitiesHealthcare DisparitiesHumansHypertensionIncomeMaleMiddle AgedNepalPrevalenceResidence CharacteristicsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSocial Determinants of HealthYoung AdultConceptsCascade of servicesNationwide cross-sectional studyPrevalence of hypertensionControl of hypertensionBody mass indexMulti-variable logistic regressionTreatment of hypertensionCross-sectional studyNepal Demographic Health SurveyLowest wealth quintileSocio-economic inequalitiesDemographic Health SurveyHousehold wealth statusHypertension burdenTotal hypertensivesHypertensive femalesHypertension awarenessHypertension prevalenceBlood pressureMass indexHypertension statusDisease burdenHealth SurveyHypertensionCoverage of services
2017
Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in China: data from 1·7 million adults in a population-based screening study (China PEACE Million Persons Project)
Lu J, Lu Y, Wang X, Li X, Linderman GC, Wu C, Cheng X, Mu L, Zhang H, Liu J, Su M, Zhao H, Spatz ES, Spertus JA, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in China: data from 1·7 million adults in a population-based screening study (China PEACE Million Persons Project). The Lancet 2017, 390: 2549-2558. PMID: 29102084, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32478-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsControl of hypertensionBlood pressureAntihypertensive medicationsCardiac Events Million Persons ProjectSelf-reported antihypertensive medication usePopulation-based screening studyPopulation-based screening projectMillion Persons ProjectPrescribed antihypertensive medicationsPrevious cardiovascular eventsAntihypertensive medication useDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureManagement of hypertensionCalcium channel blockersProportion of participantsSelf-reported diagnosisCommunity-dwelling adultsSex-standardised ratesCardiovascular eventsHypertensive adultsMedication classesHypertension awarenessHypertension prevalenceClinical factorsPulmonary Hypertension Prevalence and Prognosis in a Cohort of Patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Undergoing Embolization of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations
Chizinga M, Rudkovskaia AA, Henderson K, Pollak J, Garcia-Tsao G, Young LH, Fares WH. Pulmonary Hypertension Prevalence and Prognosis in a Cohort of Patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Undergoing Embolization of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2017, 196: 1353-1356. PMID: 28375020, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201702-0267le.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Hypertension: Development of a prediction model to adjust self-reported hypertension prevalence at the community level
Mentz G, Schulz A, Mukherjee B, Ragunathan T, Perkins D, Israel B. Hypertension: Development of a prediction model to adjust self-reported hypertension prevalence at the community level. BMC Health Services Research 2012, 12: 312. PMID: 22967264, PMCID: PMC3483283, DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-312.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy Environments PartnershipSelf-reported hypertension prevalenceEstimates of hypertension prevalenceSelf-reported dataHypertension prevalenceNHANES sampleUrban sampleNational Health and Nutrition ExaminationSelf-reportAssessment of population healthPopulation-based interventionsSelf-reported hypertensionUnderreporting of hypertensionEstimates of hypertensionAccuracy of self-reported dataHealth care programsPrevalence of hypertensionMethodsWe analyzed dataPopulation level estimatesModerate to goodSelf-reported survey dataEthnically diverse urban samplePopulation healthCare programNutrition Examination
2007
Black-white differences in age trajectories of hypertension prevalence among adult women and men, 1999-2002.
Geronimus AT, Bound J, Keene D, Hicken M. Black-white differences in age trajectories of hypertension prevalence among adult women and men, 1999-2002. Ethnicity & Disease 2007, 17: 40-8. PMID: 17274208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexHypertension prevalencePoverty income ratioBlood pressureHypertension riskCurrent antihypertensive medication useNutrition Examination Survey IVAge 15Antihypertensive medication useHigher hypertension ratesWhite odds ratioDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureRace/sex groupsUS black womenMultiple logistic regressionBlack womenMiddle-aged adultsHypertension screeningHypertension ratesMedication useNHANES cohortMass indexPrimary preventionInfant health
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