Journal Club - ACC reports increased hypertension risk in people with history of allergies
The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) has exhibited a correlation between a history of allergic disorders like Asthma and an increased risk of developing hypertension and coronary heart disease in individuals.
Black/African American male adults fell in the highest risk bracket and individuals with a history of asthma were the ones to be most prone.
The study is being presented at ACC Asia 2022 Together with the Korean Society of Cardiology Spring Conference on April 15-16, 2022.
Yang Guo et al. have conducted this research on study participants that included 34,417 adults, over half of whom were women and averaged 48.5 years old.
Yang Guo, Ph.D., Department of Dermatology at the Institute of Dermatology at Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, and the study's lead author said that gfx: "For patients with allergic disorders, routine evaluation of blood pressure and routine examination for coronary heart disease should be given by clinicians to ensure early treatments and given to those with hypertension or coronary heart disease,"
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