Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg, or self-reported physician-diagnosed hypertension or the use of antihypertensive drugs22. The CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation was employed to estimate calculated eGFR23. ...
Recommendations for blood pressure measurement in humans and experimental animals part 1: Blood pressure measurement in humans: a statement for professionals from the Subcommittee of Professional and Public Education of the American Heart Association Council on High Blood Pressure Research. Circulation. ...
Previous population-based studies in high-income countries have estimated the combined incidence of severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision and ICD-10 assigned only 1 code for both conditions unlike the Canadian version of the ICD-10 that int...
and suggest lower threshold levels for hyperkalaemia9,10,19. However, these studies included limited populations who had cardiovascular disease or were in critical care. Hence, whether elevated K+levels, including mild elevations within reference range, are associated with prognosis of admitted ...
In Kaunas city's emergency ambulance service, about 38.4% of the emergency ambulance calls (EACs) for cardiovascular diseases were because of elevated arterial blood pressure (EABP) (ICD-10 codes I10–I15). According to the multivariate model in our previous work [32], the risk of EACs ...
diastolic blood pressure, FPG, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and CRP compared to the control group (p< 0.001). Conversely, the elevated uric acid groups had lower levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and eGFR values (p< 0.001). Lifestyle factors such as smoking and alcohol ...
Especially in the high blood pressure group, only one out of five individuals was undergoing medical therapy at the time point of the initial screening (20.2%; n = 35 out of 173). screening. Out of these, 90.3% were men and 66.1% were employed in production or pro- duction-related ...
2.3. Exclusion Criteria of the Study Parameters, such as body mass index (BMI), body surface area (BSA), and blood pressure, were measured with the physical examination. BMI and BSA were calculated as indicated in the formulas below. Body mass index: Weight (kg)/height (m) and Mosteller...
relationship between the levels of AH GDF15 and disease severity of glaucoma, we sub-classified glaucoma patients from the smaller cohort described above (Table S1) into mild (n = 10), moderate (n = 8), and severe (n = 20) POAG subgroups, based on the ICD-10 coding of each patient....