The overall rate of 31.4% recorded for controlled SBP and DBP in this study, though marginally better than 25.4% obtained in a teaching hospital in the same region, was comparable to the rates obtained in other studies. This, however, is a far cry from the rates of control of 46% found by Hussain et al. [...]
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A total of 185 patients—including 65 men and 120 women—formed the study group. The mean age ± SD of the population was 57.7±10.0 years (men, 57.4±10.9; women, 57.8±9.5). Thirty-nine patients (21.1%), 96 patients (51.9%), and 50 patients (27.0%) belonged to the age groups of 35-49 years, 50-64 years, and >65 years old, respectively.
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This was a prospective observational study carried out at the Medical Outpatient (MOP) Clinic of the State Hospital, Abeokuta, Nigeria, from February 2002 to January 2003. The study population consisted of 185 consecutive patients (65 males, 120 females) with primary hypertension who had been on drugs one- to 25 years prior to the onset of [...]
INTRODUCTION
A strong positive and continuous correlation exists between systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and the risk of cardiovascular tablet and renal diseases. However, this risk appears to be higher for SBP than DBP. Despite the advances in understanding the pathophysiology of hypertension and the benefits of pharmacologic therapy in reducing this risk, [...]
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Possible Explanations for G894T Genotype Effects
Existing data in certain models of hypertension have shown that a relative or absolute defect in the production of NO by NOS is associated with various degrees of end-organ involvement in response to hemodynamic workload. Since NO may participate in the hypertrophic growth of the myocardium independently of its effect [...]
G894T Genotype Influences LVM in Borderline Hypertension
High-normal Blood Pressure was used as a model of borderline hypertension to examine the early influences of both BP and the G894T polymorphic variant of the eNOS gene on echocardiographically determined LVM. We found an increase in LVM in individuals who have high-normal BP and carry the 894T allele. [...]
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Characteristics of Subjects by Blood Pressure Status
Table 1, which shows no significant differences in each category lists the clinical characteristics of the subjects.
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