Bethesda, MD - A new analysis from the large Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) cohort, confirms the importance of considering not just systolic or diastolic pressure, but both of these ...

Our objective was to evaluate the associations of the systolic and diastolic blood pressure night-to-day ratios (SBP-NDR and DBP-NDR) with composite atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVDs) ...

Pulse pressure is the difference between the two blood pressure readings. A wide pulse pressure means a larger difference between these measurements and may indicate a higher risk of heart disease.

An estimated 1.13 billion people worldwide have hypertension or high blood pressure, and two-thirds of these individuals are living in low- and middle-income countries. Blood pressure is the force ...

Obtaining standing office blood pressure (BP) measurements improves detection of hypertension, either alone or when added to a seated BP reading, results of a new study suggest. The study included 125 ...