Journal of hypertension
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Journal of hypertension · Oct 2013
Salt intake in children 10-12 years old and its modification by active working practices in a school garden.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the 24-h urinary sodium excretion in children of 10-12 years at a school in the north of Portugal and to examine the influence on salt intake and blood pressure of three different educational interventions for 6 months. ⋯ Our data indicates that children 10-12 years old have a high salt intake that is well above the proposed recommendations and that a strategy based on theoretical and practical education may achieve in some children an important reduction in daily salt intake which, if maintained over time, may assume important public health implications. These results suggest that in those children a more complete theoretical and practical intervention is more productive and efficient towards reduction of salt intake than single theoretical or no intervention.
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Journal of hypertension · Aug 2013
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialPredictive power of home blood pressure and clinic blood pressure in hypertensive patients with impaired glucose metabolism and diabetes.
We evaluated the predictive power of home blood pressure and clinic blood pressure based on the long-term cardiovascular outcome in hypertensive patients with and without impaired glucose metabolism (IGM). ⋯ The present findings suggest that long-term cardiovascular risk in IGM patients should be assessed based on home blood pressure, not on clinic blood pressure.
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Journal of hypertension · Jul 2013
Renal vasodilating capacity and endothelial function are impaired in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and no traditional cardiovascular risk factors.
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome exhibit accelerated vascular aging and renal damage. Aim of the study was to investigate whether vascular dysfunction is a feature of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome per se or instead related to the presence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors. ⋯ Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is characterized by endothelial dysfunction and activation and impaired renal vasodilating capacity even in the absence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors, possibly due to reduced endothelial NO synthase expression.