 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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| 1995 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 1996 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 1997 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 1998 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 1999 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2000 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2001 | 10 | 2 | 12 | | 2002 | 10 | 6 | 16 | | 2003 | 7 | 8 | 15 | | 2004 | 12 | 3 | 15 | | 2005 | 11 | 9 | 20 | | 2006 | 10 | 4 | 14 | | 2007 | 15 | 13 | 28 | | 2008 | 16 | 9 | 25 | | 2009 | 9 | 9 | 18 | | 2010 | 18 | 11 | 29 | | 2011 | 17 | 10 | 27 | | 2012 | 21 | 16 | 37 | | 2013 | 28 | 13 | 41 | | 2014 | 27 | 5 | 32 | | 2015 | 29 | 15 | 44 | | 2016 | 24 | 11 | 35 | | 2017 | 28 | 12 | 40 | | 2018 | 40 | 9 | 49 | | 2019 | 38 | 14 | 52 | | 2020 | 43 | 8 | 51 | | 2021 | 40 | 3 | 43 | | 2022 | 52 | 4 | 56 | | 2023 | 40 | 1 | 41 | | 2024 | 34 | 1 | 35 | | 2025 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypertension" by people in Profiles.
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Niu Z, Ako AA, Geiger SD, Howe CG, Perng W, Singh R, Karagas MR, Elliott AJ, Cassidy-Bushrow A, Camargo CA, Sanderson K, McEvoy CT, Oken E, Dabelea D, Hartert TV, Carter B, Stroustrup A, Lampland A, O'Connor TG, Gogcu S, Hudak ML, Shorey-Kendrick LE, Zhao Q, Ni Y, VanWormer J, Ferrara A, Hedderson M, Zhu Y, Alshawabkeh A, Cordero J, Koinis-Mitchell D, Carnell S, Breton CV, Bastain TM, Farzan SF. Maternal Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Pregnancy and Offspring Blood Pressure at Age 2 to 18 Years. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 May 01; 8(5):e259205.
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Gupta P, Bast JA, Razavi AC, Canonico ME, Shahzad A, Naeem M, Bonaca MP, Sperling LS, Quintana RA. Hypertension in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: insights into epidemiology, management strategies, and outcomes. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2025 Jul 01; 40(4):206-212.
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Flynn JT, Khoury PR, Ferguson MA, Hanevold CD, Lande MB, Meyers KE, Samuels JA, Urbina EM. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Phenotype and Cardiovascular Risk in Youth: The SHIP-AHOY Study. J Pediatr. 2025 Jul; 282:114601.
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Sharma Y, Caceres BA, Taylor JY, Everett B, Makarem N, Hughes TL. Examining the Associations of Family-Related Factors with Hypertension in Sexual Minority Women. LGBT Health. 2025 May-Jun; 12(4):258-267.
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Ruiz-Pick YI, Cope HL, Richey RE, Moore AM, Garfield TC, Olivencia-Yurvati AH, Romero SA. Home-based heat therapy lowers blood pressure and improves endothelial function in older adults. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2025 Apr 01; 138(4):979-987.
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Hamdani G, Urbina EM, Daniels SR, Falkner BE, Ferguson MA, Flynn JT, Hanevold CD, Ingelfinger JR, Khoury PR, Lande MB, Meyers KE, Samuels J, Mitsnefes M. Youth Blood Pressure and Target Organ Injury Markers: The SHIP AHOY Study. Hypertension. 2025 Jun; 82(6):992-1001.
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Tran AH, Walsh A, Urbina EM. Hypertension, Obesity, and Target Organ Injury in Children: An Emerging Health Care Crisis. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2025 Feb 27; 27(1):12.
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Dally M, Ogden P, Howard S, Hubbell Z, Golden A, Van Dyke M, Cragle D, Benade W, Stalker J, Newman LS. Longitudinal Surveillance for Chronic Health Conditions in Former United States Department of Energy Site Workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2025 May 01; 67(5):e328-e335.
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Saternos HC, Forero KV, Meqdad MA, Buqaileh R, Sunderman CL, Gallagher G, Messer WS, Mohieldin AM, Mucci CA, Kumariya S, Osman IA, Burkett JP, AbouAlaiwi WA. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor 3 localized to primary endothelial cilia regulates blood pressure and cognition. Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 30; 15(1):3745.
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Armstrong ND, Srinivasasainagendra V, Patki A, Jones AC, Parcha V, Pampana A, Broeckel U, Lange LA, Arora P, Limdi NA, Tiwari HK, Irvin MR. Utility of a Systolic Blood Pressure Polygenic Risk Score With Chlorthalidone Response. JAMA Cardiol. 2024 12 01; 9(12):1134-1141.
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