Hypertension

"Hypertension" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.

Descriptor ID	D006973
MeSH Number(s)	C14.907.489
Concept/Terms	Hypertension Hypertension Blood Pressure, High Blood Pressures, High High Blood Pressure High Blood Pressures

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Diseases [C]
Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Vascular Diseases [C14.907]
Hypertension [C14.907.489]

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Bar chart showing 672 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 38 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
1998	3	2	5
1999	0	2	2
2000	1	0	1
2001	11	0	11
2002	13	6	19
2003	15	8	23
2004	18	4	22
2005	20	7	27
2006	21	8	29
2007	19	9	28
2008	22	7	29
2009	21	5	26
2010	14	8	22
2011	21	10	31
2012	23	3	26
2013	25	9	34
2014	27	6	33
2015	24	5	29
2016	27	11	38
2017	18	8	26
2018	27	3	30
2019	23	10	33
2020	28	6	34
2021	27	2	29
2022	23	0	23
2023	26	0	26
2024	10	4	14
2025	11	4	15
2026	3	2	5

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Pugsley MK, Bhatt S, Gottfridsson C, Hoffmann P, Koshman YE, Norton K, O'Brien CE, Pierson J, Rossman EI, Taraboletti A, Zabka TS, Foley CM. Advancing nonclinical blood pressure assessment: Current practices and future directions in drug development. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2026 Aug; 169:106098.

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Abdi L, Lockwood G, Le Couteur D, Handelsman DJ, Naganathan V, Blyth F, Waite LM, Cogger V, Willcox B, Allsopp R. Protective effects of the FOXO3 gene in cardiometabolic disease in the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project cohort. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2026 Apr 07; 81(5).

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Kibe LW, Yaghmaei E, Schrode KM, Kuo Y, Bazargan M. Association Between DASH Adherence and Hypertension Among Older African American Parishioners in an Underserved Urban Community. J Prim Care Community Health. 2026 Jan-Dec; 17:21501319261428338.

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Parrelli GA, Musey PI, Kuhn D. Hypertensive emergency department patients frequently have no existing hypertension diagnosis or antihypertensive medications. J Hypertens. 2026 Jun 01; 44(6):1071-1073.

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Eadon MT, Cavanaugh KL, She L, Steen-Burrell KA, Mohottige D, Nadkarni GN, Kitzman H, Chakraborty H, Empey PE, Limdi NA, Singh R, Beasley CM, Parker AS, Cicali EJ, Ramos MA, Clermont S, Dodgen L, Elwood EN, Robinson M, Umeukeje EM, Garcia Ortega A, Shroff N, Rosenman MB, Nguyen KA, Volpi S, Rider R, Dexter PR, Skaar TC, Peterson JF, Cavallari LH, Johnson JA, Wyatt CM, Orlando LA, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Horowitz CR. Genetic Testing for APOL1 in Adults With Hypertension: The GUARDD-US Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Mar 02; 9(3):e260528.

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Nkemdirim Okere A, Moussa RK, Ali AA, Li T, Buxbaum SG, Diaby V. Patient-reported outcomes and perceived medication confidence as predictors of healthcare utilization among adults with cardiovascular risk factors. Sci Rep. 2025 Dec 05; 16(1):1427.

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Li C, Chung-Bridges K, Douglas MD, Espinoza K, Mubasher M, Gaglioti A, Bailey B, Mack DH, Baltrus PT. Changes in Rates of Uncontrolled Hypertension Among Federally Qualified Health Center Patients, 2019 to 2022: State-Level Group-Based Trajectory Modeling Analysis. J Prim Care Community Health. 2025 Jan-Dec; 16:21501319251386942.

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Kawaja A, Moosa AS, Lee EKP, Phoon IKY, Ang ATW, Chang ZY, Lim ACA, Yap J, Huang W, Ng DX, Sng MY, Loh HY, Ng CJ. Comparison of patients' acceptance of cuff-based vs wearable 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring devices: A multi-method study. PLoS One. 2025; 20(11):e0336961.

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Hamideh D, Al Zabadi H, Crespo NC, Alcaraz J, Mansour M, Real M, Hamideh B, Ahmadi N, Mahmoud L, Strong D. The "pressure" of being an adolescent in the West Bank, Palestine: prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1620629.

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Mayhand KN, Alicic RZ, Kornowske LM, Jones CR, Daratha KB, Reynolds CL, Nicholas SB, Thorpe RJ, Bui AAT, Norris KC, Tuttle KR. Clinical characteristics and CKD care delivery in African American and American Indian or Alaska Native patients: A real-world cohort study. BMC Nephrol. 2025 Jul 21; 26(1):407.

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