Objective To determine if preterm birth is associated with components of the metabolic
syndrome in adult life. Study design A structured literature search was performed using …

Abstract Background Chronic Care Model (CCM) has been developed to improve patients'
health care by restructuring health systems in a multidimensional manner. This systematic …

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterized by the simultaneous presence of
obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia in an individual, leading to …

Abstract Purpose of Review The goal of this article is to characterize the endothelium's role
in the development of hypertension and dyslipidemia and to point out promising therapeutic …

Background The presence of metabolic syndrome in patients with hypertension significantly
increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and mortality. Our aim is to …

Cardiovascular death represents the single largest cause of mortality in women with 70% of
deaths attributable to modifiable risk factors, such as hypertension. This analysis aims at …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a multifaceted condition that increases the possibility of
developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. MetS includes obesity, hypertension …

For many years, it has been recognized that hypertension tends to cluster with various
anthropometric and metabolic abnormalities including abdominal obesity, elevated …

Background Medical treatment of hypertension is not always sufficient to achieve blood
pressure control. Despite this, previous studies on supplementary therapies, such as yoga …

Aims Limited information is available on office and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) control
as well as on cardiovascular (CV) risk profile in treated hypertensive patients living in central …