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Primary Care, Växjö, Sweden
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of 433 eligible patients ( Fig. 1 ). Thus, 287 patients were included in this study. A questionnaire was used to assess self-reported depression. Blood samples, anthropometrics and blood pressure (BP) were collected. Data were collected from
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Endocrine Unit, The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine O, Herlev University Hospital, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark
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) . There is no general consensus on how to measure chronic stress. Some have used physiological changes from the activation of the HPA- and SAM-axes as measures of stress: i.e. cortisol, noradrenalin, blood pressure (BP), or resting pulse (5) . However
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Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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telomeres seem to be associated with age-related disease ( 7 ) as well as inflammatory states, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2), poor lipid profile and high blood pressure ( 8 , 9 , 10 ). Furthermore, a variety of factors such as
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Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Metabolic Vascular Medicine, Division of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, Cardiovascular Endocrinology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Urgencias, National University of Córdoba, X5000 Córdoba, Argentina
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: hypertriglyceridemia (1.7 mmol/l), low HDL cholesterol (<1.03 mmol/l in men and <1.29 mmol/l in women), hyperglycemia (>11.1 mmol/l or a diagnosis of diabetes), hypertension (≥130/85 mmHg) or medication for high blood pressure (34, 35) . In a 12-year follow-up of 61
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assessment (salt craving, blood pressure or oedema) and measuring blood electrolytes and renin. General well-being, maintaining electrolytes in the normal range alongside a normal blood pressure without evidence of postural hypotension and achieving renin
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pregnant, lactating, or took any medications which influence PRL, glucose, lipid, or blood pressure were excluded. In order to investigate the association between PRL and metabolic alterations in the early stages of metabolic abnormalities, participants
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Department of Radiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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hypertension due to excessive and autonomous aldosterone production. Independent of its effect on blood pressure, such excess in aldosterone has been associated with cardiovascular damage ( 3 ), including myocardial inflammation ( 4 ), excessive collagen
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crest. Consultation blood pressure was measured three consecutive times after ten minutes of rest in the sitting position. Blood samples were collected in the morning after ten hours overnight fast. A 75 g-oral glucose tolerance test was performed; blood
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Medicine Department, Basque Country University, Bilbao, Spain
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Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Ramón y Cajal (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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). Patients with PA have a higher cardiometabolic risk profile, with four times increased risk for stroke and six times for nonfatal myocardial infarction, than patients with essential hypertension (EHT) matched by blood pressure (BP), sex, and age ( 2 , 3
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participants, including medical history, family history of chronic diseases, current medication use, and smoking and drinking status. Each patient’s height, weight, and blood pressure were measured based on standardized protocols. Blood pressure of the right