2024
Hypertension Trends and Disparities Over 12 Years in a Large Health System: Leveraging the Electronic Health Records
Brush J, Lu Y, Liu Y, Asher J, Li S, Sawano M, Young P, Schulz W, Anderson M, Burrows J, Krumholz H. Hypertension Trends and Disparities Over 12 Years in a Large Health System: Leveraging the Electronic Health Records. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e033253. PMID: 38686864, PMCID: PMC11179912, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsRegional health systemImprove hypertension careHealth systemHealth recordsHypertension careDiastolic blood pressureAge-adjusted prevalence ratesNon-Hispanic Black patientsPrevalence ratesLarger health systemCross-sectional analysisTransformation of medical dataLeveraging real-world dataHigh prevalence rateHypertension trendsHypertension prevalenceBlood pressureBlood pressure measurementsHypertension diagnosisPrimary outcomeNational trendsProportion of patientsAntihypertensive medicationsBlack patients
2020
Adherence to antihypertensive medication and its predictors among non-elderly adults in Japan
Nishimura S, Kumamaru H, Shoji S, Sawano M, Kohsaka S, Miyata H. Adherence to antihypertensive medication and its predictors among non-elderly adults in Japan. Hypertension Research 2020, 43: 705-714. PMID: 32313192, DOI: 10.1038/s41440-020-0440-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow adherenceAntihypertensive medicationsAntihypertensive drugsJapanese patientsLarge administrative claims databaseAntihypertensive drug usersInitiation of angiotensinAdministrative claims databaseSuboptimal clinical outcomesProportion of daysNon-elderly adultsLogistic regression analysisHypertensive patientsThiazide diureticsClinical outcomesClaims databaseFemale sexHigh adherencePatientsEnzyme inhibitorsDrug usersYounger ageTargeted interventionsFacility characteristicsLarge hospitalsElectrocardiographic Left Atrial Abnormality and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in a General Japanese Population: NIPPON DATA2010
Shoji S, Kohsaka S, Sawano M, Okamura T, Hirata A, Sugiyama D, Ohkubo T, Nakamura Y, Watanabe M, Kadota A, Ueshima H, Okayama A, Miura K, Group F. Electrocardiographic Left Atrial Abnormality and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in a General Japanese Population: NIPPON DATA2010. Journal Of Atherosclerosis And Thrombosis 2020, 28: 34-43. PMID: 32188793, PMCID: PMC7875149, DOI: 10.5551/jat.54171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFuture cardiovascular eventsBNP concentrationsCardiovascular eventsElevated BNPGeneral populationB-type natriuretic peptide concentrationsElectrocardiographic Left Atrial AbnormalityJapanese Circulation Society guidelinesB-type natriuretic peptideP-wave terminal forceContemporary general populationEarliest detectable markerElevated BNP concentrationsHistory of hypertensionNatriuretic peptide concentrationsJapanese populationGeneral population cohortHigher BNP concentrationsRepresentative Japanese populationGeneral Japanese populationLeft atrial abnormalityAtrial pressureElectrocardiogram (ECG) markersElectrocardiographic findingsNatriuretic peptide