 Hypertension
"Hypertension" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
| Descriptor ID |
D006973
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.489
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| Concept/Terms |
Hypertension- Hypertension
- Blood Pressure, High
- Blood Pressures, High
- High Blood Pressure
- High Blood Pressures
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hypertension" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hypertension" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 1997 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 1998 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 1999 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2000 | 10 | 1 | 11 | | 2001 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 2002 | 10 | 6 | 16 | | 2003 | 6 | 8 | 14 | | 2004 | 12 | 4 | 16 | | 2005 | 10 | 8 | 18 | | 2006 | 7 | 5 | 12 | | 2007 | 14 | 13 | 27 | | 2008 | 16 | 9 | 25 | | 2009 | 11 | 10 | 21 | | 2010 | 19 | 10 | 29 | | 2011 | 19 | 11 | 30 | | 2012 | 19 | 19 | 38 | | 2013 | 29 | 12 | 41 | | 2014 | 27 | 6 | 33 | | 2015 | 29 | 14 | 43 | | 2016 | 24 | 10 | 34 | | 2017 | 28 | 11 | 39 | | 2018 | 40 | 12 | 52 | | 2019 | 34 | 13 | 47 | | 2020 | 40 | 6 | 46 | | 2021 | 38 | 3 | 41 | | 2022 | 55 | 4 | 59 | | 2023 | 42 | 2 | 44 | | 2024 | 32 | 1 | 33 | | 2025 | 25 | 6 | 31 | | 2026 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypertension" by people in Profiles.
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Irvin MR, Srinivasasainagendra V, Armstrong ND, Patki A, Broeckel U, Wang Z, Lange LA, Limdi NA, Huerta-Chagoya A, Kim J, Ng MCY, Mercader JM, Tiwari HK. Improving performance of polygenic risk scores for hypertension across two ancestry groups. PLoS One. 2026; 21(7):e0353311.
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Ford CD, Cameron NA, Clark D, Derington CG, Hardy ST, Mattei J, Yarrington CD, Zoghby ZM, Garovic VD. Rural Health and Health Disparities in Hypertension Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Hypertension. 2026 Aug; 83(8):e00263.
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An J, Zhou H, Ni L, Juan R, Portugal C, Romero DI, Reynolds K, Brettler JW, Ong-Su AL, Derington CG, Xu Y, Bress AP, Cohen JB. Trends in Initial Combination Antihypertensive Therapy in a US Health System. Am J Hypertens. 2026 Jun 01; 39(6):787-796.
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Basile C, Merolla A, Mancusi C, De Luca C, Fucile I, Canonico ME, Giugliano G, Orso F, Morisco C, Esposito G. Effect of incretin-based therapies on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2026 May 15; 33(7):1210-1217.
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Denburg MR, Goodwin Davies AJ, Maltenfort MG, Mitsnefes MM, Flynn JT, Neu AM, Dixon BP, Glenn DA, Gluck CA, Harshman LA, Katsoufis CP, Leonard MB, Modi ZJ, Pan CG, Patel HP, Patterson LT, Verghese PS, Wilson AC, Jovanovska A, Levondosky R, Levondosky M, Dickinson K, Wieand K, Razzaghi H, Li L, Chen Y, Forrest CB. Comparative Effectiveness of Antihypertensive Medications in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA Pediatr. 2026 May 01; 180(5):546-555.
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Daley MF, Rifas-Shiman SL, Young JG, Petimar J, Prentice C, Bailey LC, Janicke DM, Heerman WJ, Block JP. Effects of Common Antihypertensive Class Medications on BMI z-Score in Adolescents. Pediatr Obes. 2026 May; 21(5):e70114.
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Katena NA, Shamu S, Fana GT, Manasa J, Rusakaniko S. Evaluating the outcomes of a community-based health literacy intervention for hypertension and diabetes in Harare, Zimbabwe: a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Prim Care. 2026 04 22; 27(1).
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Zheutlin AR, Chaitoff A, Addo D, Jacobs JA, Derington CG, Stulberg EL, Glynn PA, Modenesi B, Cohen JB, Bress AP. Out-of-Pocket Costs and Antihypertensive Medication Use Among Veterans: A Natural Experiment. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Apr 21; 15(8):e047792.
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Sanuade OA, Addo DK, Smith JD, Carroll AJ, Shimbo D, Talegawkar S, Tucker KL, Jacobs JA, Derington CG, Bress AP. The association of urinary sodium with incident apparent treatment resistant hypertension among African Americans: findings from the Jackson Heart Study. J Hum Hypertens. 2026 May; 40(5):405-412.
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Singh A, Singh MP, Thakur P, Khasbage SU, Yadav R. Efficacy of pharmacological agents for management of post-partum hypertension: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. J Hum Hypertens. 2026 Mar; 40(3):147-157.
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