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UnknownAssociation of Dietary Sodium and Potassium With Blood Pressure and Proteinuria in Africans With Kidney Disease.

Introduction

Associations of dietary sodium (Na) and potassium (K) with blood pressure (BP) show conflicting results, with limited data in individuals of African ancestry. We examined cross-sectional associations of 24-hour urine Na (UNa24h) and K (UK24h), proxies for d...
S-EPMC12546457 | biostudies-literature
UnknownEfficacy of newer versus older antihypertensive drugs in black patients living in sub-Saharan Africa.
To address the epidemic of hypertension in blacks born and living in sub-Saharan Africa, we compared in a randomised clinical trial (NCT01030458) single-pill combinations of old and new antihypertensive drugs in patients (30-69 years) with uncomplicated hypertension (140-179/90-109 mm Hg). After ≥4 ...
S-EPMC3831294 | biostudies-literature
UnknownHeart rate variability on antihypertensive drugs in black patients living in sub-Saharan Africa.

Background

Compared with Caucasians, African Americans have lower heart rate variability (HRV) in the high-frequency domain, but there are no studies in blacks born and living in Africa.

Methods

In the Newer versus Older Antihypertensive agents in African Hypertensive patients trial (...
S-EPMC4059227 | biostudies-literature
UnknownRegistry for Acute Coronary Events in Nigeria (RACE-Nigeria): Clinical Characterization, Management, and Outcome.
Background Coronary artery disease was hitherto a rarity in Africa. Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) accounts for coronary artery disease-related morbidity and mortality. Reports on ACS in Africa are few. Methods and Results We enrolled 1072 indigenous Nigerian people 59.2±12.4 years old (men, 66.8%) w...
S-EPMC9075212 | biostudies-literature
UnknownAn Assessment of Ovarian Cancer Histotypes Across the African Diaspora.

Objective

Ovarian cancer in Black women is common in many West African countries but is relatively rare in North America. Black women have worse survival outcomes when compared to White women. Ovarian cancer histotype, diagnosis, and age at presentation are known prognostic factors for outco...
S-EPMC8662547 | biostudies-literature
UnknownMay Measurement Month 2018: a pragmatic global screening campaign to raise awareness of blood pressure by the International Society of Hypertension.

Aims

Raised blood pressure (BP) is the biggest contributor to mortality and disease burden worldwide and fewer than half of those with hypertension are aware of it. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global campaign set up in 2017, to raise awareness of high BP and as a pragmatic solution to a...
S-EPMC6600128 | biostudies-literature
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