Blood pressure and cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region.

PubWeight™: 3.67‹?› | Rank: Top 1%

🔗 View Article (PMID 12658016)

Published in J Hypertens on April 01, 2003

Authors

C M M Lawes1, A Rodgers, D A Bennett, V Parag, I Suh, H Ueshima, S MacMahon, Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration

Author Affiliations

1: a.rodgers@ctru.auckland.ac.nz

Articles citing this

A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 50.94

Use of blood pressure lowering drugs in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: meta-analysis of 147 randomised trials in the context of expectations from prospective epidemiological studies. BMJ (2009) 17.73

Value of low dose combination treatment with blood pressure lowering drugs: analysis of 354 randomised trials. BMJ (2003) 8.55

Cardiovascular disease and risk factors in Asia: a selected review. Circulation (2008) 3.00

Indoor air pollution and blood pressure in adult women living in rural China. Environ Health Perspect (2011) 2.25

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet (2016) 2.25

Cardiovascular risk prediction tools for populations in Asia. J Epidemiol Community Health (2007) 2.25

Sleep quality and elevated blood pressure in adolescents. Circulation (2008) 2.08

The age-specific quantitative effects of metabolic risk factors on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a pooled analysis. PLoS One (2013) 1.95

Coronary heart disease and stroke attributable to major risk factors is similar in Argentina and the United States: the Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model. Int J Cardiol (2011) 1.61

Race and ethnicity in trials of antihypertensive therapy to prevent cardiovascular outcomes: a systematic review. Ann Fam Med (2007) 1.54

Effects of intensive blood pressure lowering on cardiovascular and renal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Med (2012) 1.12

Cardiovascular risk assessment in low-resource settings: a consensus document of the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk in Low Resource Settings. J Hypertens (2014) 1.04

Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among adults in Durame Town, Southern Ethiopia. PLoS One (2014) 1.04

Mobile clinic in Massachusetts associated with cost savings from lowering blood pressure and emergency department use. Health Aff (Millwood) (2013) 0.97

Hypertension subtype and risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese adults. Circulation (2008) 0.94

Association between Arsenic Exposure from Drinking Water and Longitudinal Change in Blood Pressure among HEALS Cohort Participants. Environ Health Perspect (2015) 0.93

Obesity and mortality among older Thais: a four year follow up study. BMC Public Health (2010) 0.88

Systolic hypertension: an increasing clinical challenge in Asia. Hypertens Res (2014) 0.88

Relationship between maternal gestational hypertension and home blood pressure in 7-year-old children and their mothers: Tohoku Study of Child Development. Hypertens Res (2015) 0.87

Relationship between achieved blood pressure, dietary habits and cardiovascular disease in hypertensive patients treated with olmesartan: the OMEGA study. Hypertens Res (2012) 0.87

Full coverage for hypertension drugs in rural communities in China. Am J Manag Care (2013) 0.84

Effects of blood pressure on renal and cardiovascular outcomes in Asian patients with type 2 diabetes and overt nephropathy: a post hoc analysis (ORIENT-blood pressure). Nephrol Dial Transplant (2015) 0.84

Dose dependent effects of nitrate supplementation on cardiovascular control and microvascular oxygenation dynamics in healthy rats. Nitric Oxide (2014) 0.82

Cardiac Time Intervals Measured by Tissue Doppler Imaging M-mode: Association With Hypertension, Left Ventricular Geometry, and Future Ischemic Cardiovascular Diseases. J Am Heart Assoc (2016) 0.82

Age-stratified analysis of the impact of hypertension on National Health Insurance Medical Expenditures in Ibaraki, Japan. J Epidemiol (2010) 0.82

Risk charts illustrating the 10-year risk of stroke among residents of Japanese rural communities: the JMS Cohort Study. J Epidemiol (2009) 0.82

A comparison of risk factors for mortality from heart failure in Asian and non-Asian populations: an overview of individual participant data from 32 prospective cohorts from the Asia-Pacific Region. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2014) 0.80

Regional variation in hospitalization for stroke among Asians/Pacific Islanders in the United States: a nationwide retrospective cohort study. BMC Neurol (2005) 0.80

Sustained use of biogas fuel and blood pressure among women in rural Nepal. Environ Res (2014) 0.80

Cardiovascular events in patients with atherothrombotic disease: a population-based longitudinal study in Taiwan. PLoS One (2014) 0.80

Prehypertension: Underlying pathology and therapeutic options. World J Cardiol (2014) 0.80

Blood pressure in relation to general and central adiposity among 500 000 adult Chinese men and women. Int J Epidemiol (2015) 0.79

Prospective care of heart failure in Japan: lessons from CHART studies. EPMA J (2011) 0.79

Characteristics, practice patterns, and outcomes in patients with acute hypertension: European registry for Studying the Treatment of Acute hyperTension (Euro-STAT). Crit Care (2011) 0.79

Blood Pressure Management After Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Curr Treat Options Neurol (2015) 0.79

The Blood Pressure "Uncertainty Range" - a pragmatic approach to overcome current diagnostic uncertainties (II). Curr Control Trials Cardiovasc Med (2005) 0.78

Aortic stiffness and blood pressure variability in young people: a multimodality investigation of central and peripheral vasculature. J Hypertens (2016) 0.78

Low dose of hydrochlorothiazide, in combination with angiotensin receptor blocker, reduces blood pressure effectively without adverse effect on glucose and lipid profiles. Heart Vessels (2012) 0.78

The combination of amlodipine and angiotensin receptor blocker or diuretics in high-risk hypertensive patients: rationale, design and baseline characteristics. J Hum Hypertens (2010) 0.78

A systematic review of economic evaluations of population-based sodium reduction interventions. PLoS One (2017) 0.78

Traditional Risk Factors for Stroke in East Asia. J Stroke (2016) 0.77

Renal denervation for treatment of uncontrolled hypertension in an Asian population: results from the Global SYMPLICITY Registry in South Korea (GSR Korea). J Hum Hypertens (2015) 0.77

Titration of amlodipine to higher doses: a comparison of Asian and Western experience. Vasc Health Risk Manag (2013) 0.77

A 24-year follow-up study of blood pressure tracking from childhood to adulthood in Korea: the Kangwha Study. Yonsei Med J (2014) 0.77

Prevalence and control of hypertension and albuminuria in South Korea: focus on obesity and abdominal obesity in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-2012. PLoS One (2014) 0.76

Evidence for the prevention and treatment of stroke in dialysis patients. Semin Dial (2014) 0.76

Midlife Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Late-Life Unrecognized and Recognized Myocardial Infarction Detect by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: ICELAND-MI, the AGES-Reykjavik Study. J Am Heart Assoc (2016) 0.76

Poor blood pressure control and its associated factors among older people with hypertension: A cross-sectional study in six public primary care clinics in Malaysia. Malays Fam Physician (2015) 0.75

Target Blood Pressure in Patients with Diabetes: Asian Perspective. Yonsei Med J (2016) 0.75

Stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation: the diagnosis and management of hypertension by specialists. Can J Cardiol (2006) 0.75

Prevalence of hypertension among the elderly Malays living in rural Malaysia. Australas Med J (2011) 0.75

Blood pressure, cholesterol and cardiovascular disease in Thailand. Heart Asia (2010) 0.75

Influence of cataract surgery and blood pressure changes caused by sodium restriction on retinal vascular diameter. Clin Ophthalmol (2010) 0.75

Influence of the Lactotripeptides Isoleucine-Proline-Proline and Valine-Proline-Proline on Systolic Blood Pressure in Japanese Subjects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. PLoS One (2015) 0.75

Differential effects of hypertension in the aetiology of major intracerebral haemorrhage subtypes. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (2006) 0.75

Reduction in cardiovascular risk using a proactive multifactorial intervention is consistent among patients residing in Pacific Asian and non-Pacific Asian regions: a CRUCIAL trial subanalysis. Vasc Health Risk Manag (2014) 0.75

Observational epidemiological studies: values and limitations. J Hypertens (2003) 0.75

Impact of Dietary and Metabolic Risk Factors on Cardiovascular and Diabetes Mortality in South Asia: Analysis From the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study. Am J Public Health (2016) 0.75

The 2014 hypertension guidelines: implications for patients and practitioners in Asia. Heart Asia (2015) 0.75

Relationship Between Dyslipidemia and Albuminuria in Hypertensive Adults: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. Medicine (Baltimore) (2016) 0.75

Association of affective temperaments with blood pressure and arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients: a cross-sectional study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2016) 0.75

A higher salt intake leads to a lower rate of adequate blood pressure control. J Korean Med Sci (2014) 0.75

Need for better blood pressure measurement in developing countries to improve prevention of cardiovascular disease. J Epidemiol (2014) 0.75

Qingdao Port Cardiovascular Health Study: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open (2015) 0.75

Pharmacist blood pressure management programs using telemonitoring systems are useful for monitoring side effects of antihypertensive drugs in a community pharmacy. Clin Case Rep (2016) 0.75

A combined role of calcium channel blockers and angiotensin receptor blockers in stroke prevention. Vasc Health Risk Manag (2009) 0.75

Prevalence of Hypertension in Iran 1980-2012: A Systematic Review. J Tehran Heart Cent (2016) 0.75

Cost-effectiveness of milk powder fortified with potassium to decrease blood pressure and prevent cardiovascular events among the adult population in China: a Markov model. BMJ Open (2017) 0.75

Relationship between low blood pressure and renal/cardiovascular outcomes in Japanese patients with chronic kidney disease under nephrologist care: the Gonryo study. Clin Exp Nephrol (2015) 0.75

Blood Pressure Management for Stroke Prevention and in Acute Stroke. J Stroke (2017) 0.75

Articles by these authors

Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease. Part 2, Short-term reductions in blood pressure: overview of randomised drug trials in their epidemiological context. Lancet (1990) 24.72

Effects of a fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide on macrovascular and microvascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (the ADVANCE trial): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2007) 14.96

Effects of ACE inhibitors, calcium antagonists, and other blood-pressure-lowering drugs: results of prospectively designed overviews of randomised trials. Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration. Lancet (2000) 9.78

Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease. Nat Genet (2013) 9.46

Reduction of postoperative mortality and morbidity with epidural or spinal anaesthesia: results from overview of randomised trials. BMJ (2000) 7.36

Effects of different regimens to lower blood pressure on major cardiovascular events in older and younger adults: meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ (2008) 6.13

Serum cholesterol concentration and coronary heart disease in population with low cholesterol concentrations. BMJ (1991) 5.45

Variance imputation for overviews of clinical trials with continuous response. J Clin Epidemiol (1992) 4.72

Body mass index and cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific Region: an overview of 33 cohorts involving 310 000 participants. Int J Epidemiol (2004) 4.67

MRI-derived entorhinal and hippocampal atrophy in incipient and very mild Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging (2001) 4.54

Total daily physical activity and the risk of AD and cognitive decline in older adults. Neurology (2012) 4.09

Management of raised blood pressure in New Zealand: a discussion document. BMJ (1993) 3.96

Mild cognitive impairment: risk of Alzheimer disease and rate of cognitive decline. Neurology (2006) 3.71

A simple method to estimate populational 24-h urinary sodium and potassium excretion using a casual urine specimen. J Hum Hypertens (2002) 3.67

Cerebral infarctions and the likelihood of dementia from Alzheimer disease pathology. Neurology (2004) 3.61

Proneness to psychological distress is associated with risk of Alzheimer's disease. Neurology (2003) 3.59

Depressive symptoms, cognitive decline, and risk of AD in older persons. Neurology (2002) 3.40

Relation of cognitive activity to risk of developing Alzheimer disease. Neurology (2007) 3.34

Reliable assessment of the effects of treatment on mortality and major morbidity, I: clinical trials. Lancet (2001) 3.32

Blood pressure, antihypertensive drug treatment and the risks of stroke and of coronary heart disease. Br Med Bull (1994) 3.09

Randomised studies of income supplementation: a lost opportunity to assess health outcomes. J Epidemiol Community Health (1999) 3.05

Txt2stop: a pilot randomised controlled trial of mobile phone-based smoking cessation support. Tob Control (2009) 3.05

Clinical effects of anticoagulant therapy in suspected acute myocardial infarction: systematic overview of randomised trials. BMJ (1996) 2.90

Effect of intravenous nitrates on mortality in acute myocardial infarction: an overview of the randomised trials. Lancet (1988) 2.84

Blood glucose and risk of cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region. Diabetes Care (2004) 2.77

Cognitive activity and incident AD in a population-based sample of older persons. Neurology (2002) 2.77

1999 World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the management of hypertension. Guidelines sub-committee of the World Health Organization. Clin Exp Hypertens (1999) 2.72

Depressive symptoms and cognitive decline in a community population of older persons. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (2004) 2.67

Relation of cerebral infarctions to dementia and cognitive function in older persons. Neurology (2003) 2.60

Cholesterol, coronary heart disease, and stroke in the Asia Pacific region. Int J Epidemiol (2003) 2.57

Association of angiotensinogen gene T235 variant with increased risk of coronary heart disease. Lancet (1995) 2.52

Change in body mass index and risk of incident Alzheimer disease. Neurology (2005) 2.48

Diabetes is related to cerebral infarction but not to AD pathology in older persons. Neurology (2006) 2.48

MRI predictors of risk of incident Alzheimer disease: a longitudinal study. Neurology (2005) 2.48

Pravastatin therapy and the risk of stroke. N Engl J Med (2000) 2.46

Alcohol and blood pressure: the INTERSALT study. BMJ (1994) 2.41

Do men and women respond differently to blood pressure-lowering treatment? Results of prospectively designed overviews of randomized trials. Eur Heart J (2008) 2.41

Neurodegenerative basis of age-related cognitive decline. Neurology (2010) 2.41

The effects of diabetes on the risks of major cardiovascular diseases and death in the Asia-Pacific region. Diabetes Care (2003) 2.36

Chronic distress and incidence of mild cognitive impairment. Neurology (2007) 2.33

Cognitive activity in older persons from a geographically defined population. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (1999) 2.31

Parkinsonian signs in subjects with mild cognitive impairment. Neurology (2005) 2.30

MRI-derived entorhinal volume is a good predictor of conversion from MCI to AD. Neurobiol Aging (2004) 2.29

Association of HbA1c levels with vascular complications and death in patients with type 2 diabetes: evidence of glycaemic thresholds. Diabetologia (2011) 2.28

Kidney function is associated with the rate of cognitive decline in the elderly. Neurology (2009) 2.27

INTERMAP: background, aims, design, methods, and descriptive statistics (nondietary). J Hum Hypertens (2003) 2.27

Cardiovascular risk prediction tools for populations in Asia. J Epidemiol Community Health (2007) 2.25

Terminal decline in cognitive function. Neurology (2003) 2.18

Smoking, quitting, and the risk of cardiovascular disease among women and men in the Asia-Pacific region. Int J Epidemiol (2005) 2.16

Oxcarbazepine adjunctive therapy in infants and young children with partial seizures. Neurology (2005) 2.13

Randomized clinical trial of honey-impregnated dressings for venous leg ulcers. Br J Surg (2008) 2.08

The hopelessness scale for children: psychometric characteristics and concurrent validity. J Consult Clin Psychol (1986) 2.06

Cognitive activity and cognitive decline in a biracial community population. Neurology (2003) 2.06

The 1993 guidelines for the management of mild hypertension: memorandum from a WHO/ISH meeting. Blood Press (1993) 2.03

Coffee consumption and serum lipids: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials. Am J Epidemiol (2001) 2.03

Smoking and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in men with low levels of serum cholesterol: the Korea Medical Insurance Corporation Study. JAMA (1999) 2.02

Blood pressure-dependent and independent effects of agents that inhibit the renin-angiotensin system. J Hypertens (2007) 2.01

Statins, incident Alzheimer disease, change in cognitive function, and neuropathology. Neurology (2008) 1.97

Declining mortality from ischemic heart disease and changes in coronary risk factors in Japan, 1956-1980. Am J Epidemiol (1987) 1.85

An overview of randomized trials of sodium reduction and blood pressure. Hypertension (1991) 1.84

Left ventricular remodeling with carvedilol in patients with congestive heart failure due to ischemic heart disease. Australia-New Zealand Heart Failure Research Collaborative Group. J Am Coll Cardiol (1997) 1.79

Japanese men have larger areas of visceral adipose tissue than Caucasian men in the same levels of waist circumference in a population-based study. Int J Obes (Lond) (2006) 1.78

Blood pressure lowering and major cardiovascular events in people with and without chronic kidney disease: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ (2013) 1.78

Serum triglycerides as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in the Asia-Pacific region. Circulation (2004) 1.72

Proneness to psychological distress and risk of Alzheimer disease in a biracial community. Neurology (2005) 1.70

A comparison of the associations between seven hemostatic or inflammatory variables and coronary heart disease. J Thromb Haemost (2007) 1.69

Terminal dedifferentiation of cognitive abilities. Neurology (2012) 1.68

Joint effects of systolic blood pressure and serum cholesterol on cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region. Circulation (2005) 1.68

Memory complaints are related to Alzheimer disease pathology in older persons. Neurology (2006) 1.67

Presentation of poisoned patients to accident and emergency departments in the north of England. Hum Exp Toxicol (1996) 1.61

Effects of a perindopril-based blood pressure-lowering regimen on the risk of recurrent stroke according to stroke subtype and medical history: the PROGRESS Trial. Stroke (2003) 1.60

Cholesterol and total mortality: need for larger trials. BMJ (1992) 1.57

Hypertension--time to move on. Lancet (2005) 1.57

The apolipoprotein E epsilon 2 allele and decline in episodic memory. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (2002) 1.57

Effects of pravastatin in 3260 patients with unstable angina: results from the LIPID study. Lancet (2000) 1.56

Diabetes mellitus, dementia, and cognitive function in older persons. J Nutr Health Aging (2006) 1.56

Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in South Korean adults: results from the Korea Medical Insurance Corporation (KMIC) Study. Ann Epidemiol (1998) 1.55

Body mass index in older persons is associated with Alzheimer disease pathology. Neurology (2006) 1.55

The apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele increases the odds of chronic cerebral infarction [corrected] detected at autopsy in older persons. Stroke (2005) 1.55

Entorhinal cortex beta-amyloid load in individuals with mild cognitive impairment. Exp Neurol (1999) 1.55

The relationship between cerebral Alzheimer's disease pathology and odour identification in old age. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (2006) 1.55

Plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and adrenomedullin: prognostic utility and prediction of benefit from carvedilol in chronic ischemic left ventricular dysfunction. Australia-New Zealand Heart Failure Group. J Am Coll Cardiol (2001) 1.54

Change in frailty and risk of death in older persons. Exp Aging Res (2009) 1.54

Effect of chitosan on weight loss in overweight and obese individuals: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Obes Rev (2005) 1.53

Dietary intake and serum total cholesterol level: their relationship to different lifestyles in several Japanese populations. Circulation (1982) 1.51