[Association between urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio and prehypertension].

Objective: This study was operated to investigate the association between urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) and physical situations as hypertension and prehypertension among women.

Methods: Blood pressure, height, weight and waist circumference were measured and factors such as cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, family history of hypertension, were investigated. Blood glucose and lipid, serum uric acid, urinary albumin and urinary creatinine were tested on 1796 women aged ≥ 30 years living in the Jinchang district of Suzhou.

[Association between serum nitric oxide and hypertension among 1453 women in Suzhou].

Objective: To investigate the association between serum nitric oxide (NO) and hypertension among women in Suzhou.

Methods: Blood pressure, height, weight and waist circumference (WC) were measured and factors including smoking, alcohol intake, family history of hypertension were investigated and blood glucose, blood lipid, serum NO were tested among 1453 women aged ≥ 30 years who lived in Jinchang district of Suzhou. Association between serum NO and hypertension was analyzed by univariate and multivariate methods.