OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Human Hypertension is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of a common UMOD variant on kidney function, blood pressure, cognitive and physical function in a community-based cohort of older adults	75
Vitamin D and family history of hypertension in relation to hypertension status among college students	55
Are subjective measures the answer to assess physical inactivity on a daily basis in patients with resistant hypertension?	43
Sodium intake and its source assessed using weighed food records in rural eastern Rwanda	34
Blood flow restriction training on resting blood pressure and heart rate: a meta-analysis of the available literature	33
Serum metabolites of hypertension among Chinese adolescents aged 12–17 years	25
Baseline and change in serum uric acid predict the progression from prehypertension to hypertension: a prospective cohort study	23
The “discordant doppelganger dilemma”: SGLT2i mimics therapeutic carbohydrate restriction - food choice first over pharma?	23
Elevated plasma macrophage migration inhibitor factor is associated with hypertension and hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy	22
Simultaneously measured inter-arm blood pressure difference is not associated with pulse wave velocity in a clinical dataset of at-risk hypertensive patients	20
Associations of maternal blood pressure-raising polygenic risk scores with fetal weight	18
Screening of hypertension, risks, knowledge/awareness in second-cycle schools in Ghana. A national cross-sectional study among students aged 12–22	17
Characterisation of hypertensive heart disease: pathological insights from a sudden cardiac death cohort to inform clinical practice	16
Referrals to, and characteristics of patients attending a specialist hypertension clinic	16
Blood from a stone: funding hypertension prevention, treatment, and care in low- and middle-income countries	16
Impact of the ambulatory blood pressure monitoring profile on cognitive and imaging findings of cerebral small-vessel disease in older adults with cognitive complaints	15
Long-term evolution of ambulatory blood pressure and cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients	15
Preexisting hypertension is associated with a greater number of long-term post-COVID symptoms and poor sleep quality: a case–control study	14
Effect of essential fatty acid blend on circadian variations of ambulatory blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension and coronary artery disease risk markers	13
Re-thinking the inclusion of race in British hypertension guidance	12
Physiological and clinical insights from reservoir-excess pressure analysis	12
Identification of a plausible serum uric acid cut-off value as prognostic marker of stroke: the Uric Acid Right for Heart Health (URRAH) study	12
Protocol to improve hypertension management in a VA outpatient clinic	12
Novel chemiluminescent immunoassay to measure plasma aldosterone and plasma active renin concentrations for the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism	11
Recent advances in modulation of cardiovascular diseases by the gut microbiota	11

Correction to: Hypertension treatment cascade in India: results from National Noncommunicable Disease Monitoring Survey	10
Abstracts from the 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting of the British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS)	10
Sodium intake and high blood pressure among adults on caloric deficit: a multi-year cross-sectional analysis of the U.S. population, 2007–2018	10
Prevalence and correlates of use of digital technology for managing hypertension among older adults	10
Postoperative adrenal insufficiency in Conn’s syndrome—does it occur frequently?	9
Malignant hypertension and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome: a possible continuum between two entities?	9
Is there any true distinction in extreme dipping versus nondipping or dipping phenotype regarding hypertension-mediated organ damage in newly diagnosed and never-treated hypertensive patients?	9
Early pregnancy stage 1 hypertension and high mean arterial pressure increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in Shanghai, China	9
Can low-grade renal artery stenosis be considered as cause for renovascular hypertension?	9
Randomized feasibility trial of a digital intervention for hypertension self-management	9
Risk factors for hypertension in primary Sjögren’s syndrome patients: a nomogram was constructed	9
Reliability of blood pressure responses used to define an exaggerated blood pressure response to exercise in young healthy adults	9
Comparison of the effects on maternal endothelial cell activation: an in vitro study of anti-hypertensive drugs clinically used in pre-eclampsia	8
Sustained-release isosorbide mononitrate as adjuvant treatment in isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly	8
Arterial hypertension and cystatin C during neonatal physiologic dehydration	8
Pharmacists’ knowledge of automated blood pressure devices	8
Association between isolated systolic hypertension in young adults and future cardiovascular mortality: three clues prove it	8
Usefulness of the corporate wellness projects in primary prevention at the population level: a study on the prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension in the Ferrari company	8
High normal blood pressure value, is the patient at increased CV risk?	8
Do holograms develop hypertension?	8
Renin-angiotensin system blockade in patients with chronic kidney disease: benefits, problems in everyday clinical use, and open questions for advanced renal dysfunction	8
Tropical diseases and risk of hypertension in the Amazon Basin: a cross-sectional study	8
Comparison of nurse attended and unattended automated office blood pressure with conventional measurement techniques in clinical practice	8
Epidemiology and management of hypertension among refugees in the Middle East: a review of the literature	7
The World Hypertension League Science of Salt: a regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes studies (Sept 2019 to Dec 2020)	7
The influence of the pandemic on fear of contagion, blood pressure management and adherence to medication in hypertensive older adults in Turkey	7
Ambulatory monitoring of central arterial pressure, wave reflections, and arterial stiffness in patients at cardiovascular risk	7
Prevalence and subtypes of hypertension in normal-weight and obese Indian adolescents: a cross-sectional study	7
The impact of baseline potassium intake on the dose–response relation between sodium reduction and blood pressure change: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials	7
Association of glucose metabolism and blood pressure during pregnancy with subsequent maternal blood pressure	7
Ethnic variation, socioeconomic status, and factors associated with cardio-metabolic multi-morbidity among uncontrolled hypertension in multiethnic Singapore	7
Tahini consumption affects blood pressure and endothelial function in healthy males	6
Correction to: Variation in paediatric 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring interpretation by Canadian and UK physicians	6
The association of cardiorespiratory fitness and the risk of hypertension: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis	6
Association between serum level of C-reactive protein and risk of cardiovascular events based on cohort studies	6
Masked hypertension and neonatal outcome in high-risk pregnancies	6
The preventive effects of aspirin on preeclampsia based on network pharmacology and bioinformatics	6
Renal denervation for atrial fibrillation: a comprehensive updated systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Hypertension in the Middle East: current state, human factors, and barriers to control	6
Renal denervation for atrial fibrillation: a comprehensive updated systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Association between arterial stiffness and sleep apnoea in patients with resistant hypertension	6
A comparative study assessing the incidence and degree of hyperkalemia in patients on angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors versus angiotensin-receptor blockers	5
Crossing the intersection of human hypertension and adrenergic vasoconstriction using innovative methods	5
Initial non-adherence to antihypertensive medications in the United States: a systematic literature review	5
Accuracy of non-invasive blood pressure measurement in patients with atrial fibrillation	5
Association of maternal angiotensin II type 1 and type 2 receptor combination genotypes with susceptibility to early-onset preeclampsia	5
Profile of gut flora in hypertensive patients with insufficient sleep duration	5
Renal denervation for atrial fibrillation: the issue of bias due to nonblinding	5
Renal tubular transport protein regulation in primary aldosteronism: can large-scale proteomic analysis offer a new insight?	5
Correction to: Carotid elasticity is impaired in stage 1 hypertensive patients with well-controlled blood pressure levels	5

Multi-centre cross-sectional study on vascular remodelling in children following successful coarctation correction	5
The World Hypertension League becomes a partner of the Journal of Human Hypertension	5
Abstracts from the 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting of the British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS)	5
Intensive blood pressure treatment in coronary artery disease: implications from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)	4
Cardiovascular health effects of wearing a particulate-filtering respirator to reduce particulate matter exposure: a randomized crossover trial	4
Fitness and reduced risk of hypertension—approaching causality	4
Certain beta blockers (e.g., bisoprolol) may be reevaluated in hypertension guidelines for patients with left ventricular hypertrophy to diminish the ventricular arrhythmic risk	4
Clinical outcomes of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in the offspring during perinatal period, childhood, and adolescence	4
Association of leisure-time physical activity with perceived general health status among hypertensive people: an analysis of NHANES 2015–18	4
Assessment of skin microcirculation in primary aldosteronism: impaired microvascular responses compared to essential hypertensives and normotensives	4
Association between baseline brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity and short-term risk of first stroke among Chinese hypertensive adults	4
Long working hours associated with elevated ambulatory blood pressure among female and male white-collar workers over a 2.5-year follow-up	4
Revisiting the diagnosis of ‘resistant hypertension’: what should we do nowadays’	4
Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists for cardioprotection in chronic kidney disease: a step into the future	4
Blood pressure variability correlates with right ventricular strain in women with gestational hypertension and preeclampsia	4
24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and hypertension related risk among HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals: cross sectional study findings from rural Uganda	4
Family support and medication adherence among residents with hypertension in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: a mixed-method study	3
Hypertension-mediated organ damage and established cardiovascular disease in patients with hypertension: the China Hypertension Survey, 2012–2015	3
Extreme dipping and target organ damage: is there any relationship?	3
Persistence of uncontrolled hypertension post-cardiac rehabilitation in stable coronary patients	3
Association of carotid wall layers with atherosclerotic plaques and cardiac hypertrophy in hypertensive subjects	3
Optimal cutoff of the abdominal skinfold thickness (AST) to predict hypertension among Chinese children and adolescents	3
Sequential measurement of the neurosensory retina in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a model of microvascular injury in hypertensive emergency	3
Wearable blood pressure measurement devices and new approaches in hypertension management: the digital era	3
Correction: The role of aliskiren in the management of hypertension and major cardiovascular outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
A comparative analysis of ambulatory BP profile and arterial stiffness between CAPD and APD	3
The resolve to save lives sodium reduction framework; aligning global efforts to reduce the global burden of cardiovascular disease	3
Evolutionary trilogy of malaria, angiotensin II and hypertension: deeper insights and the way forward	3
Treating hypertension: who speaks for the patient?	3
Temperature, cardiovascular mortality, and the role of hypertension and renin–angiotensin–aldosterone axis in seasonal adversity: a narrative review	3
Trajectories of waist circumference during young adulthood and incident hypertension: the China Health and Nutrition Survey	3
Endothelial glycocalyx and microvascular perfusion are associated with carotid intima-media thickness and impaired myocardial deformation in psoriatic disease	3
Prevalence and clinical characteristics of isolated systolic hypertension in young: analysis of 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring database	3
The effects of antihypertensive medications on severity and outcomes of COVID19	3
Innate immunity and clinical hypertension	3