Publications by authors named "M Tamashiro"
Article Synopsis
- Maintaining ideal body weight and muscle strength is crucial for enhancing daily activities and increasing life expectancy in older hypertensive patients.
- A study involving 563 patients showed that a low body mass index (BMI < 22 kg/m) and low handgrip strength (HG) were associated with higher mortality risks, particularly the latter which posed a 3.7-fold increase.
- These findings suggest that weight reduction in older individuals with hypertension might worsen their mortality risk, indicating a need for new lifestyle strategies to improve their overall health and quality of life.
Antihypertensive therapy is pivotal for reducing cardiovascular events. The 2019 Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension set a target blood pressure (BP) of <140/90 mmHg for persons older than 75 years of age. Optimal BP levels for older persons with frailty, however, are controversial because evidence for the relationship between BP level and prognosis by frailty status is limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPublisher Correction: Salt and potassium intake evaluated with spot urine and brief questionnaires in combination with blood pressure control status in hypertensive outpatients in a real-world setting.
Hypertens Res
October 2021
Salt and potassium intake evaluated with spot urine and brief questionnaires in combination with blood pressure control status in hypertensive outpatients in a real-world setting.
Hypertens Res
October 2021
Reducing salt and increasing potassium intake are recommended lifestyle modifications for patients with hypertension. The estimated 24-h urinary salt excretion value from spot urine using Tanaka's formula and the salt check-sheet scores, questionnaire-based scores of salt intake, are practical indices of daily salt intake. However, few studies have evaluated salt intake with these methods in hypertensive outpatients.
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