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Kansui Y, Ibaraki A, Goto K, Haga Y, Seki T, Takiguchi T, Ohtsubo T, Kitazono T, Matsumura K. Trends in blood pressure control and medication use during 20 years in a hypertension clinic in Japan. Clin Exp Hypertens 2016; 38:299-304. [PMID: 27027222 DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2015.1107086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Guidelines for the management of hypertension have recommended strict control of blood pressure to help prevent cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the current status of blood pressure control and trends over the past two decades. Four hundred patients treated for hypertension at Kyushu University Hospital were included in the present study. Blood pressure levels and prescribed antihypertensive drugs were examined in 2011. The average blood pressure was 129/74 mmHg, and the number of prescribed antihypertensive drugs was 2.2. Angiotensin II receptor antagonists, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, alpha-blockers, and beta-blockers were prescribed in 66%, 5%, 78%, 21%, 12%, and 27% of the cases, respectively. Systolic blood pressure was significantly higher, and diastolic blood pressure was significantly lower in patients aged 80 years or older compared with the younger patients (<80 and ≥80 years, 128/75 mmHg and 133/68 mmHg, respectively). The number of prescribed antihypertensive drugs was similar between the two groups. Sixty-five patients were continuously treated for 20 years. The average blood pressure of these patients significantly decreased from 142/87 mmHg in 1991 to 128/71 mmHg in 2011, accompanied with an increase in the number of antihypertensive drugs from 1.6 in 1991 to 2.7 in 2011. These findings suggest that the revised guidelines for the management of hypertension may have contributed to increased awareness and better management of blood pressure levels.
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- Yasuo Kansui
- a Department of Medicine and Clinical Science , Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan.,b Department of Internal Medicine , Fukuoka Dental College , Fukuoka , Japan
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- a Department of Medicine and Clinical Science , Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan
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- a Department of Medicine and Clinical Science , Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan
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- a Department of Medicine and Clinical Science , Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan
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- a Department of Medicine and Clinical Science , Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan
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- a Department of Medicine and Clinical Science , Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan
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- a Department of Medicine and Clinical Science , Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan
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- a Department of Medicine and Clinical Science , Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan
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- a Department of Medicine and Clinical Science , Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan
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Matsumura K, Arima H, Tominaga M, Ohtsubo T, Sasaguri T, Fujii K, Fukuhara M, Uezono K, Morinaga Y, Ohta Y, Otonari T, Kawasaki J, Kato I, Tsuchihashi T. Effect of losartan on serum uric acid in hypertension treated with a diuretic: the COMFORT study. Clin Exp Hypertens 2014; 37:192-6. [PMID: 25051056 DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2014.933968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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It has been shown that losartan, an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB), reduces serum uric acid levels. However, the effects of losartan on serum uric acid levels in the patients treated with a thiazide diuretic have not been fully elucidated. We have investigated the effects of losartan compared with other ARBs on blood variables and blood pressure control in hypertensive patients treated with a thiazide diuretic using data from the COMFORT study. The present analysis included a total of 118 hypertensive subjects on combination treatment with ARBs except for losartan and a diuretic who were randomly assigned to a daily regimen of a combination pill (losartan 50 mg/hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg) or to continuation of two pills, an ARB except for losartan and a diuretic. Blood pressures were evaluated at 1, 3, and 6 months after randomization and changes in blood variables including serum uric acid were evaluated during 6 months treatment period. Mean follow-up blood pressure levels were not different between the combination pill (losartan treatment) group and the control (ARBs except for losartan) group. On the other hand, serum uric acid significantly decreased in the combination pill group compared with the control group (-0.44 versus + 0.10 mg/dl; p = 0.01), although hematocrit, serum creatinine, sodium and potassium were not different between the groups. These results suggest that the treatment regimen switched from a combination therapy of ARBs except for losartan and a diuretic to a combination pill (losartan/ hydrochlorothiazide) decreases serum uric acid without affecting blood pressure control.
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- Kiyoshi Matsumura
- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan
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Kansui Y, Matsumura K, Kida H, Sakata S, Ohtsubo T, Ibaraki A, Kitazono T. Clinical characteristics of resistant hypertension evaluated by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Clin Exp Hypertens 2013; 36:454-8. [PMID: 24164430 DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2013.846360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Strict control of blood pressure is important to prevent cardiovascular disease, although it is sometimes difficult to decrease blood pressure to target levels. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics of resistant hypertension evaluated by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. One hundred in-hospital patients, whose 24-hour average blood pressure was higher than 130/80 mmHg even after treatment with more than three antihypertensive drugs, were included in the present analysis. Circadian variation of blood pressure was evaluated by nocturnal fall in systolic blood pressure. Average blood pressures of all patients were high in both daytime and nighttime, 150.0/82.9 and 143.8/78.2 mmHg, respectively. Twenty patients had been treated with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. In 63 patients out of the other 80 patients (79%), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was also decreased (<60 mL/min/1.73 m²). The patients classified into dipper, non-dipper, riser and extreme-dipper were 20%, 43%, 34% and 3%, respectively. In addition, in 17 patients whose eGFR was preserved, 12 patients showed a non-dipper or riser pattern, suggesting that it was difficult to account for this altered circadian blood pressure variation only by renal dysfunction. These results show that a large number of the patients with resistant hypertension suffered from renal dysfunction, although it was difficult to explain altered circadian blood pressure variation based on renal dysfunction alone.
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- Yasuo Kansui
- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University , Higashi-ku, Fukuoka , Japan
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Matsumura K, Arima H, Tominaga M, Ohtsubo T, Sasaguri T, Fujii K, Fukuhara M, Uezono K, Morinaga Y, Ohta Y, Otonari T, Kawasaki J, Kato I, Tsuchihashi T. Impact of antihypertensive medication adherence on blood pressure control in hypertension: the COMFORT study. QJM 2013; 106:909-14. [PMID: 23696676 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It has not been fully elucidated whether antihypertensive medication adherence affects blood pressure (BP) control in hypertension cases. AIM To investigate the association of adherence to antihypertensive drug regimens and BP control using data from the Combination Pill of Losartan Potassium and Hydrochlorothiazide for Improvement of Medication Compliance Trial (COMFORT) study. DESIGN An observational analysis from a randomized controlled trial. METHODS A total of 203 hypertensive subjects were randomly assigned to a daily regimen of a combination pill (losartan 50 mg/hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg) or two pills, an angiotensin II receptor blocker and a thiazide diuretic. Medication adherence calculated based on pill counts and BPs was evaluated at 1, 3 and 6 months after randomization. RESULTS The subjects were divided into three groups according to their adherence, i.e. relatively low-adherence (<90%; n = 19), moderate-adherence (90-99%; n = 71) and high-adherence (100%; n = 113) groups. Clinical characteristics of the subjects including BP, sex, randomized treatments and past medical history did not differ significantly among the three groups. Achieved follow-up BPs over the 6-month treatment period, which were adjusted for age, sex, baseline BP and randomized treatment, were significantly higher in the low-adherence group (135/78 mmHg) compared with the high-adherence (130/74 mmHg; P = 0.02/0.02) and the moderate-adherence (128/74 mmHg; P = 0.003/0.02) groups. CONCLUSION Low adherence to an antihypertensive-drug regimen was associated with poor BP control.
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- K Matsumura
- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Yatsuya H, Iso H, Yamagishi K, Kokubo Y, Saito I, Suzuki K, Sawada N, Inoue M, Tsugane S. Development of a Point-based Prediction Model for the Incidence of Total Stroke. Stroke 2013; 44:1295-302. [DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.111.677534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background and Purpose—
An individualized risk score for the development of stroke may be a useful tool to motivate patients to modify their risk behaviors. We developed and validated a point-based prediction model (risk score) for stroke incidence using a Japanese cohort of general men and women.
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The Japan Public Health Center-based prospective study cohort II (age range, 40–69 years at baseline in 1993–1994; n=15 672) was used to derive the point-based model according to Cox regression results. The model was externally validated using the Japan Public Health Center study cohort I and also by bootstrap methods within cohort II. The model discrimination was evaluated by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, model calibration, by the Grønnesby–Borgan χ
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During 14 years of follow-up, 790 incident stroke cases occurred. Variables selected for the model were age, sex, current smoking, body mass index, blood pressure, antihypertensive medication use, and diabetes mellitus. Interactions of sex with current smoking and of antihypertensive medication use with systolic blood pressure were statistically significant. The point-based model discriminated reasonably well (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.73). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the point-based model applied externally to cohort I was reasonably good: 0.69. A 50-year-old man with diabetes mellitus and hypertension has an estimated vascular age of 69 years. High normal blood pressure and grade 1 hypertension accounted for one third of the stroke incidence.
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We developed score to predict 10-year stroke risk using variables that are easily available in the community setting.
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- Hiroshi Yatsuya
- From the Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan (H.Y.); Public Health, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan (H.I.); Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (K.Y.); Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan (Y.K.); Program for Nursing and Health Sciences, Ehime University Graduate School of
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- From the Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan (H.Y.); Public Health, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan (H.I.); Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (K.Y.); Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan (Y.K.); Program for Nursing and Health Sciences, Ehime University Graduate School of
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- From the Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan (H.Y.); Public Health, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan (H.I.); Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (K.Y.); Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan (Y.K.); Program for Nursing and Health Sciences, Ehime University Graduate School of
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- From the Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan (H.Y.); Public Health, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan (H.I.); Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (K.Y.); Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan (Y.K.); Program for Nursing and Health Sciences, Ehime University Graduate School of
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- From the Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan (H.Y.); Public Health, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan (H.I.); Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (K.Y.); Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan (Y.K.); Program for Nursing and Health Sciences, Ehime University Graduate School of
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- From the Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan (H.Y.); Public Health, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan (H.I.); Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (K.Y.); Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan (Y.K.); Program for Nursing and Health Sciences, Ehime University Graduate School of
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- From the Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan (H.Y.); Public Health, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan (H.I.); Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (K.Y.); Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan (Y.K.); Program for Nursing and Health Sciences, Ehime University Graduate School of
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- From the Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan (H.Y.); Public Health, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan (H.I.); Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (K.Y.); Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan (Y.K.); Program for Nursing and Health Sciences, Ehime University Graduate School of
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- From the Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan (H.Y.); Public Health, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan (H.I.); Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (K.Y.); Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan (Y.K.); Program for Nursing and Health Sciences, Ehime University Graduate School of
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Ohta Y, Tsuchihashi T, Kiyohara K, Oniki H. Trend of blood pressure control status in hypertensive outpatients: with special reference to elderly hypertensives. Clin Exp Hypertens 2012; 34:258-63. [PMID: 22548483 DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2012.681224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Blood pressure (BP) control in hypertensives has improved; however, it still remains to be insufficient. We have investigated the trend in BP control status of the hypertensive patients followed for 10 years in hypertension clinic. Subjects included 133 patients who have been followed from the first visit during 1998-2000 to the last visit during 2008-2010. During the mean follow-up period of 10.5 years, average BP and body weight significantly (P < .01) decreased from 143 ± 12/85 ± 8 mm Hg to 129 ± 14/68 ± 11 mm Hg, and from 59.8 ± 9.9 kg to 58.7 ± 10.6 kg, respectively. The achievement rate of good BP control defined as <140/90 mm Hg and the number of antihypertensive drugs also increased significantly during this period (39.1%-77.5% and 1.3 ± 1.0-2.2 ± 1.1, respectively, P < .01). Blood pressure control improved and the number of antihypertensive drugs also increased in 45 patients who were older than 65 years at the last visit. The use of Ca channel blockers (CCBs), angiotensin II receptor antagonists, and diuretics increased significantly during this period. Results suggest that lifestyle modification including body weight reduction as well as intensive antihypertensive treatment contributed to the improved BP control in hypertensive patients including the elderly.
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- Yuko Ohta
- Department of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka Dental College Medical and Dental Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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