Publications by authors named "Tomoko Muroya"
The effect of self-measurement of blood pressure (BP) at home (home BP measurement, HBPM) has been evaluated over the past decade. This meta-analysis included the latest studies to determine whether HBPM reduced BP (PROSPERO ID: CRD42023442225). PubMed, Cochrane Library Database, and IchuShi-Web were searched for randomized controlled trials after the year 2000 which demonstrated the effect of HBPM on BP change compared with usual care (UC).
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- Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a short-term memory condition that can be confused with other serious issues like hippocampal infarction, which needs further treatment.
- A case study involving a 60-year-old woman showed difficulty in diagnosing between TGA and hippocampal infarction for about a week after her sudden onset of amnesia.
- MRI scans revealed important differences over time, highlighting the need for thin-slice MRI and follow-up imaging to accurately distinguish between these two conditions.
This study aimed to assess the combined effects of blood pressure (BP) and glucose status on chronic kidney disease (CKD) incidence in young and middle-aged adults. We examined data from 1,297,341 Japanese individuals aged <60 years (60.1% men; mean age 41.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe aimed to quantify the impact of inadequate pharmacological therapy on uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) using Japanese real-world data. This retrospective cohort study used databases provided by DeSC Healthcare, Inc (Tokyo, Japan). We identified 27,652 patients with hypertension (age, 60.
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- A study analyzed over 1.4 million Japanese individuals without chronic kidney disease (CKD) and on no antihypertensive medication to investigate the link between blood pressure (BP) and CKD risk.
- The findings indicated that both systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) levels were significantly associated with increased CKD risk, especially noting that high DBP had a stronger correlation with CKD than SBP.
- The research highlights the importance of monitoring kidney function, particularly eGFR decline, in individuals with high SBP and low DBP, emphasizing isolated high DBP levels as a notable risk factor for CKD in middle-aged adults.
Objective: This observational retrospective cohort study investigates the effect of antihypertensive therapy with angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) or dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (dCCBs) monotherapy on renal function using longitudinal real-world health data of a drug-naive, hypertensive population without kidney disease.
Methods: Using propensity score matching, we selected untreated hypertensive participants ( n = 10 151) and dCCB ( n = 5078) or ARB ( n = 5073) new-users based on annual health check-ups and claims between 2008 and 2020. Participants were divided by the first prescribed drug.
Objective: No studies have demonstrated the association between urinary sodium-to-potassium (Na/K) ratio and all out-of-office blood pressure (BP) [home morning and evening BP (self-measured at home), and 24-h, daytime, and night-time ambulatory BP] in the same cohort. We aimed to assess, which type of out-of-office BP is more strongly associated with urinary Na/K ratio in the general population.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the general population of Ohasama, Japan.
Background And Aims: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health burden. Previous studies have shown a J- or U-shaped association between serum uric acid (SUA) and cardiovascular mortality. We assessed the risk of CKD incidence in a refined SUA category in middle-aged adults stratified by sex.
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