Medical records were also reviewed in retrospect for an ICD-10 diagnosis of primary or secondary hypertension diagnosed any time before the MRI examination. Statistics Binary logistic regression models were used to explore associations between CKD (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2) and the presence ...
The overall predictive accuracy of this LR model is 29.9%. Parameters that showed significant associations with MS or the big ORs indicate: diagnosis of anxiety/depression, alcohol use, intermediate to low socio-economic status, diagnoses of CVD (including both chronic heart disease and coronary hea...
Previous studies have identified certain factors associated with a greater risk of developing AF7,8, opening the door to earlier detection through close monitoring of these patients. The Framingham Heart Study9 has reinforced prior knowledge of individual risk factors for AF, which include age, sex...
Among 1,834,304 patients ≥ 20 years from the 2013 NHIS cohort, patients with hypertension were evaluated (Fig. 1). Hypertension was defined as I10 of International Classification of Diseases-10th Revision (ICD-10) codes. Patients were excluded who had a history of heart failure (HF) ...
Recently, there has been a focus on the beneficial effects of ARBs other than their antihypertensive effect, such as reduction of proteinuria [1] and decreased heart failure risk in patients with chronic heart failure [2]. Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are also widely used first-line ...
Furthermore, we investigated whether risk of MACE would differ based on the cause of MACE [coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke]. Only the subjects aged between 40 and 60 years belonging to the stage 2 HTN group had a higher risk of CHD than those belonging to the normal BP group, ...
Those DDHP with CKD were significantly older (p < 0.001) and had lower levels of diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.027) and lower BMI (p < 0.001). Additionally, a significantly higher proportion of DDHP with CKD were male (p = 0.004). Among participants with CKD, 42.1% were overweight,...
Hypertension remains a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (hemorrhagic stroke, ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, angina, heart failure, peripheral artery disease, and aortic aneurysm), end-stage renal disease, death, and disability [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Beyond cardiovascular disease, ...