Sex Disparity in Characteristics, Management, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients with ST-Segment Elevated Myocardial Infarction: Insights from Henan STEMI Registry by Shan Wang, You Zhang, Qianqian Cheng, Datun Qi, Xianpei Wang, Zhongyu Zhu, Muwei Li, Junhui Zhang, Dayi Hu, Chuanyu Gao, On behalf of Henan STEMI registry study group

“…Women were older and had a higher prevalence of hypertension (53.3% vs. 41.1%, P<0.001) and diabetes (24.5% vs. 15.2%, P<0.001). …”
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Insulin Resistance and Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Mihaela Vladu, Diana Clenciu, Ion Cristian Efrem, Mircea-Cătalin Forțofoiu, Anca Amzolini, Simona Tudorică Micu, Maria Moţa, Maria Forțofoiu

“…Analyzing statistically the presence of CKD, we found highly significant differences between patients with CKD and those without CKD regarding age and sex of the patients, the duration of diabetes, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), the estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR), and the presence of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and hyperuricaemia. In patients with CKD, age and diabetes duration are significantly higher than in those who do not have this complication. …”
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Atherogenic Index in Type 2 Diabetes and Its Relationship with Chronic Microvascular Complications by Zhen Li, Qi Huang, Li Sun, Tengfei Bao, Zhe Dai

“…Increase in AIP was associated with an increased risk for hypertension (P<0.05), HbA1c (P<0.05), HOMA-IR (P<0.05), UA (P<0.05), and decreased eGFR levels (P<0.05). …”
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Status of sleeping habits and its influence on growth and metabolism of children in Beijing: a population-based cross-sectional study by Yiren Chen, Lijun Wu, Zijun Liao, Yiying Huang, Qin Liu, Shaoli Li, Junting Liu, Xinnan Zong, Jun Tai, Fangfang Chen

“…SDB was a risk factor for hypertension in children aged 12–18 years (OR = 1.847, p < 0.05). …”
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Prognostic Value of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients by Gongjie Ye, Xiaodan Chen, Yinchao Zhou, Jianqing Zhou, Yongfei Song, Xiaoyong Yang, Lei Yang

“…The study incorporated various variables, including cardiovascular risk factors such as body mass index, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerotic burden, and medication history, as well as clinical characteristics such as APACHEⅡscore, central venous-arterial carbon dioxide difference (GAP), homocysteine, creatinine, C-reactive protein, HbAlc, and cardiac index. …”
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A Case of Exacerbation of Chronic Pancreatitis Against the Background of COVID-19 Complicated by Pancreaticopleural Fistula with Enzymatic Pleurisy by I. I. Kotov, I. Yu. Kalinina, A. R. Propp, D. A. Sulim

“…There were no clinical, physical, or instrumental data for left-sided pancreaticogenic pleurisy, hypertension of the extrahepatic and pancreatic ducts.Conclusion. …”
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Retrospective evaluation of patients admitted to the intensive care unit due to obstetric reasons in terms of maternal near-miss, a five-year case-control study by Özgür Erdem, Süleyman Cemil Oğlak, İzzettin Toktaş, Seher Baydemir, Ahmet Yosunkaya, Ali Erdem

“…The frequency of co-morbidities (Diabetes mellitus, Hypertension, Asthma, Hypothyroidism, etc.) in patients diagnosed with MNM (n = 48; 26.67%) was found to be 5.5 times that of the control group (n = 25; 6.20%) (p < 0.001). …”
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Cardiometabolic index as a predictor of gallstone incidence in U.S. adults: insights from NHANES 2017–2020 by Ji Li, Shou-jun Bai

“…The GSD group included more females and older adults, with increased risks for hypertension, diabetes, higher serum cholesterol and creatinine levels, and a higher risk of cancer. …”
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mHealth Intervention for Dementia Prevention through lifestyle Optimisation (MIND-PRO) in a primary care setting: protocol for a randomised controlled trial in people with low SES... by Edo Richard, Esther Van den Berg, Ron Handels, Henrike Galenkamp, Eric P Moll van Charante, Marieke P Hoevenaar-blom, Anne Roos van der Endt, Martien J H Kas

“…Entry criteria include age 50–75 years, low SES and/or migration background, one or more dementia risk factors (hypertension, dyslipidaemia, diabetes mellitus, physical inactivity, smoking, depression and overweight) or manifest cardiovascular disease and possession of a smartphone. …”
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Development and validation of a prediction model for acute kidney injury following cardiac valve surgery by Xiaotong Jia, Jun Ma, Zeyou Qi, Dongni Zhang, Junwei Gao

“…Based on multivariate analysis, advanced age (OR: 1.855; p = 0.011), preoperative hypertension (OR: 1.91; p = 0.017), coronary heart disease (OR: 6.773; p &lt; 0.001), preoperative albumin (OR: 0.924; p = 0.015), D-Dimer (OR: 1.001; p = 0.038), plasma creatinine (OR: 1.025; p = 0.001), cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) duration (OR: 1.011; p = 0.001), repeat CPB (OR: 6.195; p = 0.010), intraoperative red blood cell transfusion (OR: 2.560; p &lt; 0.001), urine volume (OR: 0.406 p &lt; 0.001) and vasoactive–inotropic score (OR: 1.135; p = 0.009) were independent risk factors for AKI. …”
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Patterns of pharmacological treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation: an analysis from the prospective GLORIA-AF Registry Phase III by Bernadette Corica, Giulio Francesco Romiti, Giuseppe Boriani, Brian Olshansky, Tze-Fan Chao, Menno V. Huisman, Marco Proietti, Gregory Y. H. Lip, on behalf of the GLORIA-AF Investigators

“…Results Among 21,245 patients (mean age 70.2 ± 10.3 years, 44.9% females), we identified 6 patterns: i) Low Medicated pattern (18.3%); ii) Hypertension pattern (21.1%); iii) Heart Failure pattern (20.0%); iv) CV Prevention pattern (21.0%); v) Mixed Morbidity pattern (4.5%); and vi) High Medicated pattern (15.0%). …”
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Metabolic and inflammatory status in prepuberty and early adulthood for individuals with a history of extrauterine growth restriction: a cohort study by Laura Palomino-Fernández, Inmaculada Velasco, Belén Pastor-Villaescusa, Katherine Flores-Rojas, María de la Cruz Rico, Juan Roa, Ángel Gil, Mercedes Gil-Campos

“…In contrast, arterial hypertension was observed in 36% of prepubertal children compared with 18% of postpubertal young adults. …”
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Analysis of Chinese adult residents receiving healthy lifestyle advice from medical institutions by Huiyan SUN, Limin WANG, Chun LI, Xiao ZHANG, Zhenping ZHAO, Mei ZHANG

“…Significant differences (all P < 0.001) were observed in the prevalence of receiving the six healthy lifestyle advice among adults of different ages, hypertension status, diabetes status, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk. …”
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Reduced retinal microvascular density in women with coronary microvascular dysfunction: A pilot study by Sakshi Shiromani, Ahmed AlBadri, Aaron Lindeke-Myers, Arielle Schwartz, Nishant Vatsa, Esha Dave, Fauzia Rashid, Nieraj Jain, Puja K. Mehta

“…The CMD (N = 11) and non-CMD (N = 7) groups were balanced with respect to age, BMI, systemic diseases including diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, and medications. Those with CMD had a lower retinal vessel density [20.9 (0.7) vs 21.6(0.8), p = 0.006] and lower inner perfusion density [38.5 (1.6) vs 41.2 (0.8), p = 0.006] as compared to those without CMD. …”
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Low-Dose Aspirin as Primary Prophylaxis for Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Italian Multicentre Retrospective Study by Daniela Iacono, Serena Fasano, Ilenia Pantano, Virginia D’Abrosca, Piero Ruscitti, Domenico Paolo Emanuele Margiotta, Luca Navarini, Nicola Maruotti, Rosa Daniela Grembiale, Francesco Paolo Cantatore, Antonella Afeltra, Roberto Giacomelli, Gabriele Valentini

“…At multivariable analysis, arterial hypertension (HR 9.3) and hypercholesterolemia (HR 2.8) resulted to be positive predictors and ASA (HR 0.09) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) (HR 0.22) to be negative predictors. …”
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Development and internal validation of the Edmonton Obesity Staging System-2 Risk screening Tool (EOSS-2 Risk Tool) for weight-related health complications: a case-control study in... by Evan Atlantis, P Fahey, Kathryn Williams, Paul Dugdale, James Rufus John, SL Hocking, Kath Peters

“…Of 14 candidate risk factors, 6 (family history of diabetes, hypertension, high sugar in blood/urine, high cholesterol and self-reported bodily pain and disability) were automatically included based on definitional or obvious correlational criteria. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Their Extracellular Vesicles on the Treatment of Kidney Damage Induced by Chronic Renal Artery Stenosis by Crysthiane Saveriano Rubiao Andre Ishiy, Milene Subtil Ormanji, Edgar Maquigussa, Rosemara Silva Ribeiro, Antonio da Silva Novaes, Mirian Aparecida Boim

“…Chronic renal artery stenosis is considered one of the most common causes of renovascular hypertension (RH). Chronic hypoxia can lead to irreversible damage to renal tissue and to a progressive deterioration of renal function. …”
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The prevention opportunities of retinopathy in diabetic patients – position paper endorsed by the Polish Lipid Association by Maciej Banach, Stanisław Surma, Grzegorz Dzida, Jacek Jóźwiak, Bogusław Okopień, Jacek Rysz, Konrad Szosland, Andrzej Grzybowski

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Attenuating susceptibility to ascites in cold‐stressed broiler chickens fed canola meal‐based diets by supplementing arginine or guanidinoacetic acid, either alone or in combinatio... by Negin Delfani, Mohsen Daneshyar, Parviz Farhoomand, Sina Payvastegan, Younes Ali Alijoo, Gholamreza Najafi

“…Conclusion In summary, supplementing cold‐stressed broiler chicken diets with 2.57 g/kg ARG may alleviate hypertension. Additionally, 1.8 g/kg GAA proves to be an effective substitute for dietary ARG in low‐ARG diets, alleviating adverse effects from cold stress. …”
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Retrospective evaluation of risk factors for worsening renal function after angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor treatment in dogs by Yelim Lee, Minju Baek, Dongseop Lee, Jinyeong Park, Yeon Chae, Byeong‐Teck Kang, Taesik Yun, Hakhyun Kim

“…Objectives To identify risk factors for WRF in dogs receiving ACEi for cardiac diseases, proteinuria, or systemic hypertension. Animals A total of 156 client‐owned dogs that received ACEi were included. …”
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