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Evidence of neurodegeneration in individuals with only mildly elevated blood pressure
- Source :
- Journal of Hypertension. 37:2389-2397
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2019.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE Initiation of antihypertensive drug treatment in low-risk individuals with grade 1 hypertension is under debate. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of mildly elevated blood pressure (BP) on early neurodegenerative processes independent of ageing. METHODS Sixty-two individuals were included in this study: 25 young (aged
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aging
medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures
Physiology
medicine.drug_class
Nerve fiber layer
Blood Pressure
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Retina
Elevated blood
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Ophthalmology
Internal Medicine
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Antihypertensive drug
Ganglion cell layer
business.industry
Retinal Degeneration
Neurodegeneration
Retinal
Inner plexiform layer
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
chemistry
Ageing
Hypertension
sense organs
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02636352
- Volume :
- 37
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Hypertension
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c1890b11d8893424e298e534784534cb
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0000000000002164