Yutaka Imai

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Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Amlodipine versus angiotensin II receptor blocker; control of blood pressure evaluation trial in diabetics (ADVANCED-J)
    Ryuzo Kawamori
    Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2 1 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8421, Japan
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 6:39. 2006
  2. ncbi Characteristics of blood pressure measured at home in the morning and in the evening: the Ohasama study
    Y Imai
    Department of Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 17:889-98. 1999
  3. ncbi Japanese society of hypertension (JSH) guidelines for self-monitoring of blood pressure at home
    Yutaka Imai
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 26:771-82. 2003
  4. ncbi Heart rate measurement and outcome
    Yutaka Imai
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, 1 1 Seiryomachi Aobaku, Japan, 980 8574
    Blood Press Monit 8:53-5. 2003
  5. ncbi Influence of adrenomedullin 2/intermedin gene polymorphism on blood pressure, renal function and silent cerebrovascular lesions in Japanese: the Ohasama study
    Takuo Hirose
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Aoba ku, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 34:1327-32. 2011
  6. ncbi Electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and arterial stiffness: the Ohasama study
    Daisuke Watabe
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Aoba, Aramaki, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 19:1199-205. 2006
  7. ncbi Association of kidney dysfunction with silent lacunar infarcts and white matter hyperintensity in the general population: the Ohasama study
    Harunori Otani
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Cerebrovasc Dis 30:43-50. 2010
  8. ncbi Optimal cutoff point of waist circumference and use of home blood pressure as a definition of metabolic syndrome: the Ohasama study
    Atsushi Sato
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 21:514-20. 2008
  9. ncbi Plasma renin activity and the aldosterone-to-renin ratio are associated with the development of chronic kidney disease: the Ohasama Study
    Shiho Terata
    Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 30:1632-8. 2012
  10. ncbi Blood pressure-lowering effect and duration of action of bedtime administration of doxazosin determined by home blood pressure measurement
    Kenta Gonokami
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 32:311-7. 2010

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Publications108 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Amlodipine versus angiotensin II receptor blocker; control of blood pressure evaluation trial in diabetics (ADVANCED-J)
    Ryuzo Kawamori
    Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2 1 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8421, Japan
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 6:39. 2006
    ....
  2. ncbi Characteristics of blood pressure measured at home in the morning and in the evening: the Ohasama study
    Y Imai
    Department of Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 17:889-98. 1999
    ..To determine the qualitative and quantitative differences of blood pressure measured at home (home measurement) in the morning versus the evening...
  3. ncbi Japanese society of hypertension (JSH) guidelines for self-monitoring of blood pressure at home
    Yutaka Imai
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 26:771-82. 2003
    ....
  4. ncbi Heart rate measurement and outcome
    Yutaka Imai
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, 1 1 Seiryomachi Aobaku, Japan, 980 8574
    Blood Press Monit 8:53-5. 2003
    ..In conclusion, heart rate and heart rate variability must not be overlooked when evaluating hypertension...
  5. ncbi Influence of adrenomedullin 2/intermedin gene polymorphism on blood pressure, renal function and silent cerebrovascular lesions in Japanese: the Ohasama study
    Takuo Hirose
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Aoba ku, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 34:1327-32. 2011
    ..4, P=0.01) and WMH (OR: 2.7, P=0.003), compared with II carriers. The AM2/IMD I/D polymorphism is associated with renal dysfunction, blood pressure regulation and asymptomatic cerebrovascular diseases in the Japanese general population...
  6. ncbi Electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and arterial stiffness: the Ohasama study
    Daisuke Watabe
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Aoba, Aramaki, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 19:1199-205. 2006
    ..001). CONCLUSIONS: Arterial stiffness is independently related to electrocardiographically determined LVH in the general population...
  7. ncbi Association of kidney dysfunction with silent lacunar infarcts and white matter hyperintensity in the general population: the Ohasama study
    Harunori Otani
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Cerebrovasc Dis 30:43-50. 2010
    ..No previous study has investigated the association of kidney dysfunction with silent lacunar infarcts and white-matter hyperintensity (WMH) independent of ambulatory blood pressure (BP)...
  8. ncbi Optimal cutoff point of waist circumference and use of home blood pressure as a definition of metabolic syndrome: the Ohasama study
    Atsushi Sato
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 21:514-20. 2008
    ..Eight scientific associations recently defined MS for the Japanese population. However, this definition remains controversial, especially with respect to the cutoff value of waist circumference (WC) being higher in women than in men...
  9. ncbi Plasma renin activity and the aldosterone-to-renin ratio are associated with the development of chronic kidney disease: the Ohasama Study
    Shiho Terata
    Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 30:1632-8. 2012
    ..The aldosterone-to-renin ratio (ARR) is used to screen for primary aldosteronism and could be an index for salt sensitivity. The association between ARR and the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is completely unknown...
  10. ncbi Blood pressure-lowering effect and duration of action of bedtime administration of doxazosin determined by home blood pressure measurement
    Kenta Gonokami
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 32:311-7. 2010
    ..The results suggest that bedtime administration of doxazosin effectively suppresses morning HBP in uncontrolled morning hypertensives and lowers evening HBP in uncontrolled evening hypertensives...
  11. ncbi Stroke risk in systolic and combined systolic and diastolic hypertension determined using ambulatory blood pressure. The Ohasama study
    Ryusuke Inoue
    21st Century COE Program Comprehensive Research and Education Center for Planning of Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 20:1125-31. 2007
    ....
  12. ncbi The current status of home and office blood pressure control among hypertensive patients with diabetes mellitus: the Japan Home Versus Office Blood Pressure Measurement Evaluation (J-HOME) study
    Taku Obara
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract 73:276-83. 2006
    ..The main reason for this would appear to be a lack of intensive treatment and a lack of recognition by physicians that their patients' BP was insufficiently controlled...
  13. ncbi Diagnostic thresholds for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring based on 10-year cardiovascular risk
    Masahiro Kikuya
    Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Circulation 115:2145-52. 2007
    ..Current diagnostic thresholds for ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) mainly rely on statistical parameters derived from reference populations. We determined an outcome-driven reference frame for ABP measurement...
  14. ncbi Isolated uncontrolled hypertension at home and in the office among treated hypertensive patients from the J-HOME study
    Taku Obara
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Tohoku University, 980-8574 Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 23:1653-60. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The use of all four, three of four, or all three predictive factors might be useful for the clinician to suspect isolated uncontrolled home or office hypertension...
  15. ncbi Uncontrolled hypertension based on morning and evening home blood pressure measurements from the J-HOME study
    Taku Obara
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 32:1072-8. 2009
    ..Physicians should also consider evening BP measuring condition for adequate evaluation of evening BP values...
  16. ncbi Association of arterial stiffness with silent cerebrovascular lesions: the Ohasama study
    Rieko Hatanaka
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Cerebrovasc Dis 31:329-37. 2011
    ..Hence, we hypothesized that arterial stiffness would be a significant determinant of silent cerebrovascular lesions...
  17. ncbi Association of (pro)renin receptor gene polymorphism with blood pressure in Japanese men: the Ohasama study
    Takuo Hirose
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 22:294-9. 2009
    ..However, there is no information on (P)RR in humans. We investigated the association of (P)RR gene polymorphisms with blood pressure in a Japanese population...
  18. ncbi Masked hypertension determined by self-measured blood pressure at home and chronic kidney disease in the Japanese general population: the Ohasama study
    Hiroyuki Terawaki
    Research Division of Dialysis and Chronic Kidney Disease, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 31:2129-35. 2008
    ..56) and SHT (3.60) groups compared with the SNBP group (reference). MHT, like SHT, is closely related to CKD, and HBP measurement could be a useful screening strategy to detect CKD in the general population...
  19. ncbi Gene expression of (pro)renin receptor is upregulated in hearts and kidneys of rats with congestive heart failure
    Takuo Hirose
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai 980 8578, Japan
    Peptides 30:2316-22. 2009
    ..These findings suggest that the expression of (P)RR is increased in the hearts and kidneys of rats with heart failure, and that (P)RR may contribute to heart failure...
  20. ncbi Predictive value for mortality of the double product at rest obtained by home blood pressure measurement: the Ohasama study
    Ryusuke Inoue
    Medical Informatics Center of Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 25:568-75. 2012
    ..To clarify whether the double product (DP) (product of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and pulse rate (PR)) at rest based on home blood pressure (HBP) measurement has prognostic value for mortality...
  21. ncbi Day-by-day variability of blood pressure and heart rate at home as a novel predictor of prognosis: the Ohasama study
    Masahiro Kikuya
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertension 52:1045-50. 2008
    ..In conclusion, day-by-day blood pressure variability and heart rate variability by self-measurement at home make up a simple method of providing useful clinical information for assessing cardiovascular risk...
  22. ncbi Factors affecting home-measured resting heart rate in the general population: the Ohasama study
    Junko Yamaguchi
    Departments of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aobaku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 18:1218-25. 2005
    ..These results suggest that reduction of home HR through modification of smoking habit or sedentary lifestyle may have a potential to decrease cardiovascular risk in addition to decreasing in these modifiable risk factor per se...
  23. ncbi Prognostic significance for stroke of a morning pressor surge and a nocturnal blood pressure decline: the Ohasama study
    Hirohito Metoki
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Comprehensive Research and Education Center for Planning of Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertension 47:149-54. 2006
    ....
  24. ncbi Incorporating self-blood pressure measurements at home in the guideline from the Ohasama study
    Takayoshi Ohkubo
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Blood Press Monit 12:407-9. 2007
    ..We expect that continuous follow-up and further analysis of the Ohasama data would contribute to producing further important findings worth incorporating in future hypertension guidelines...
  25. ncbi Diagnostic thresholds for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring based on 10-year cardiovascular risk
    Masahiro Kikuya
    The Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Blood Press Monit 12:393-5. 2007
    ..In conclusion, population-based outcome-driven thresholds for optimal and normal ABP are lower than those currently proposed by hypertension guidelines...
  26. ncbi Individual assessment of inherent arterial stiffness using nomogram and pulse wave velocity index: the Ohasama study
    Rieko Hatanaka
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 33:147-52. 2011
    ..53). The calculated PWV index was significantly higher in 13 smokers than 70 nonsmokers among controlled hypertensives. The calculated PWV index might provide more precise information about inherent arterial stiffness...
  27. ncbi Prevalence of Masked Hypertension in Subjects Treated with Antihypertensive Drugs as Assessed by Morning versus Evening Home Blood Pressure Measurements: the J-HOME study
    Taku Obara
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 30:277-87. 2008
    ..9% for diastolic BP (kappa coefficient = 0.43). The present study showed that the prevalence of masked hypertension was underestimated when the diagnosis of masked hypertension was made on the basis of evening home BP...
  28. ncbi Morning home blood pressure may be a significant marker of nephropathy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: ADVANCED-J study 1
    Yasushi Tanaka
    Department of Medicine, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
    Hypertens Res 32:770-4. 2009
    ..Morning HBP, but not office BP, may be a significant marker of nephropathy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes...
  29. ncbi Factors associated with day-by-day variability of self-measured blood pressure at home: the Ohasama study
    Tetsuo Kato
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 23:980-6. 2010
    ..The objective of this study is to clarify the determinants of the day-by-day home-BP variability...
  30. ncbi Association of (pro)renin receptor gene polymorphisms with lacunar infarction and left ventricular hypertrophy in Japanese women: the Ohasama study
    Takuo Hirose
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 34:530-5. 2011
    ..The polymorphism of the (P)RR gene +1513A>G is associated with lacunar infarction and LVH in Japanese women. These results suggest that (P)RR has a role in organ damage in humans...
  31. ncbi Prognosis of "masked" hypertension and "white-coat" hypertension detected by 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring 10-year follow-up from the Ohasama study
    Takayoshi Ohkubo
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Sendai, Japan
    J Am Coll Cardiol 46:508-15. 2005
    ..We sought to investigate the prognosis in subjects with "white-coat" hypertension (WCHT) and "masked" hypertension (MHT), in which blood pressure (BP) is lower in clinical measurements than during ambulatory monitoring...
  32. ncbi CYP11B2 polymorphisms and home blood pressure in a population-based cohort in Japanese: the Ohasama study
    Mitsunobu Matsubara
    Division of Molecular Medicine and Gene Transfer Research, Center for Translational and Advanced Animal Research on Human Diseases, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 27:1-6. 2004
    ..Therefore, -344C/T polymorphism in CYP11B2 was considered an independent genetic factor possibly associated with hypertension or atherosclerotic diseases in the Japanese population...
  33. ncbi T+31C polymorphism (M235T) of the angiotensinogen gene and home blood pressure in the Japanese general population: the Ohasama Study
    Mitsunobu Matsubara
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 26:47-52. 2003
    ....
  34. ncbi Progress report on the HOMED-BP Study: hypertension objective treatment based on measurement by electrical devices of blood pressure study
    Yohei Aoki
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 26:119-27. 2004
    ..At the end of March 2002, 546 patients were recruited. Of these, 412 (202 men and 210 women, aged 58.4 +/- 10.2 y) were randomized. Patients will be recruited until February, 2006 and followed for 7 years...
  35. ncbi Use of 2003 European Society of Hypertension-European Society of Cardiology guidelines for predicting stroke using self-measured blood pressure at home: the Ohasama study
    Kei Asayama
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
    Eur Heart J 26:2026-31. 2005
    ..The results indicate the usefulness of HBP for the prediction of stroke risk in individuals...
  36. ncbi Home blood pressure level, blood pressure variability, smoking, and stroke risk in Japanese men: the Ohasama study
    Takanao Hashimoto
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 25:883-91. 2012
    ..Hypertension and smoking independently contribute to the risk of stroke. Our objective was to investigate home blood pressure (HBP) levels, day-by-day BP variability, and smoking in the prediction of stroke in Japanese men...
  37. ncbi Association of microalbuminuria with brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity: the Ohasama study
    Tomofumi Ishikawa
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 21:413-8. 2008
    ..However, the associations between microalbuminuria and pulse wave velocity (PWV), carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), and ambulatory blood pressure (ABP), respectively, have not been investigated...
  38. ncbi Prediction of stroke by home "morning" versus "evening" blood pressure values: the Ohasama study
    Kei Asayama
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertension 48:737-43. 2006
    ....
  39. ncbi Associated factors of home versus ambulatory heart rate variability in the general population: the Ohasama study
    Kenta Gonokami
    Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Sendai, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 33:404-10. 2011
    ..018). Associated factors of daytime ambulatory HR variability and day-by-day home HR variability were different. Our findings suggest that HR variabilities by different intervals of measurements might be mediated by different mechanisms...
  40. ncbi Time-dependent effects of imidapril administration in patients with morning hypertension measured as home blood pressure
    Takako Shibasaki
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 30:243-54. 2008
    ..3 +/- 0.5 and 1.0 +/- 0.7, respectively. One daily dose of imidapril taken either in the morning or at bedtime lowered morning HBP, indicating that imidapril is useful for controlling morning hypertension...
  41. ncbi Factors affecting heart rate as measured at home among treated hypertensive patients: the Japan home versus office blood pressure measurement evaluation (J-HOME) study
    Rie Komai
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 30:1051-7. 2007
    ..These results suggest that adequate control of risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as smoking and diabetes mellitus or use of heart rate-lowering agents might help to decrease home HR in treated hypertensive patients...
  42. ncbi Therapeutic effects of evening administration of guanabenz and clonidine on morning hypertension: evaluation using home-based blood pressure measurements
    Junichiro Hashimoto
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 21:805-11. 2003
    ..To clarify the effects of bedtime administration of the centrally acting alpha(2)-agonists, guanabenz and clonidine, on morning hypertension...
  43. ncbi Ambulatory arterial stiffness index and 24-hour ambulatory pulse pressure as predictors of mortality in Ohasama, Japan
    Masahiro Kikuya
    Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, 1 1 Seiryomachi, Sendai, Japan
    Stroke 38:1161-6. 2007
    ..We investigated the prognostic value of AASI and PP in relation to fatal outcomes...
  44. ncbi Pulse wave velocity and the second derivative of the finger photoplethysmogram in treated hypertensive patients: their relationship and associating factors
    Junichiro Hashimoto
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 20:2415-22. 2002
    ..To clarify the factors influencing two measures of arterial stiffness, pulse wave velocity (PWV) and the second derivative of the finger photoplethysmogram (SDPTG), and to evaluate their relationship in treated hypertensive subjects...
  45. ncbi Aldosterone-to-renin ratio and nocturnal blood pressure decline in a general population: the Ohasama study
    Michihiro Satoh
    Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 29:1940-7. 2011
    ....
  46. ncbi Progress report on The Hypertension Objective Treatment Based on Measurement by Electrical Devices of Blood Pressure (HOMED-BP) study: status at February 2004
    Keiko Hosohata
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 29:69-81. 2007
    ..These results indicate the necessity of additional interventional strategies to improve the achievement of target BP levels, especially in the more intensive BP-lowering group...
  47. ncbi Reproducibility of nocturnal blood pressure assessed by self-measurement of blood pressure at home
    Keiko Hosohata
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 30:707-12. 2007
    ..To evaluate nocturnal BP using a self-measurement device, estimation of quality of sleep is indispensable...
  48. ncbi Prognostic significance of night-time, early morning, and daytime blood pressures on the risk of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular mortality: the Ohasama Study
    Hirohito Metoki
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 24:1841-8. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: High BP at different times of day were associated with different subtypes of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular mortality risk...
  49. ncbi White-coat hypertension as a risk factor for the development of home hypertension: the Ohasama study
    Takashi Ugajin
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan
    Arch Intern Med 165:1541-6. 2005
    ....
  50. ncbi Ambulatory blood pressure and 10-year risk of cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality: the Ohasama study
    Masahiro Kikuya
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertension 45:240-5. 2005
    ..We conclude that the relationship between ambulatory systolic blood pressure and cardiovascular mortality is not U-shaped or J-shaped, and that nighttime blood pressure has better prognostic value than daytime blood pressure...
  51. ncbi Control of blood pressure as measured at home and office, and comparison with physicians' assessment of control among treated hypertensive patients in Japan: First Report of the Japan Home versus Office Blood Pressure Measurement Evaluation (J-HOME) study
    Takayoshi Ohkubo
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 27:755-63. 2004
    ..Our findings suggest that an important reason why home and office BP values are not adequately controlled is that physicians approve relatively higher BP levels under treatment, even among middle-aged patients...
  52. ncbi Predicting stroke using 4 ambulatory blood pressure monitoring-derived blood pressure indices: the Ohasama Study
    Ryusuke Inoue
    Comprehensive Research and Education Center for Planning of Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, 1-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
    Hypertension 48:877-82. 2006
    ..In conclusion, PP was the weakest predictor of stroke. Exclusion of age from covariates increased the predictive power of PP, suggesting that the stroke risk associated with PP reflected the risk of aging per se...
  53. ncbi Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor perindopril on interneurons in MPTP-treated mice
    Rumiko Kurosaki
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 15:57-67. 2005
    ..Thus, our results provide further evidence that the ACE inhibitor perindopril may offer a novel therapeutic strategy for Parkinson's disease (PD)...
  54. ncbi Prognostic value of home heart rate for cardiovascular mortality in the general population: the Ohasama study
    Atsushi Hozawa
    Department of Public Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 17:1005-10. 2004
    ..We therefore investigated the usefulness of HR values in predicting cardiovascular mortality using a device that allowed self-measurement of BP and HR at home...
  55. ncbi Prognostic significance of home arterial stiffness index derived from self-measurement of blood pressure: the Ohasama Study
    Masahiro Kikuya
    Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 25:67-73. 2012
    ..Arterial stiffness is a stroke risk factor. The home arterial stiffness index (HASI) can be calculated from self-measured blood pressure using the same formula as the calculation of ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI)...
  56. ncbi Low-dose and very low-dose spironolactone in combination therapy for essential hypertension: evaluation by self-measurement of blood pressure at home
    Tomohiro Hanazawa
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 33:427-36. 2011
    ..1 mmHg) groups. An increase in serum potassium correlated positively with the decline in morning systolic BP. Even very low-dose (12.5 mg) spironolactone is clinically effective, although serum potassium should be carefully monitored...
  57. ncbi Parental longevity and offspring's home blood pressure: the Ohasama study
    Yumiko Watanabe
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Japan
    J Hypertens 28:272-7. 2010
    ..No study has used self-measurement of BP at home (home BP). We examined the association between parental longevity and home BP values of adult Japanese offspring...
  58. ncbi Detection of silent cerebrovascular lesions in individuals with 'masked' and 'white-coat' hypertension by home blood pressure measurement: the Ohasama study
    Azusa Hara
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 27:1049-55. 2009
    ..Conclusion The present study is the first to demonstrate that the risk of silent cerebrovascular lesions is higher with MHT than with SNBP and similar to that of sustained hypertension...
  59. ncbi Insufficient duration of action of antihypertensive drugs mediates high blood pressure in the morning in hypertensive population: the Ohasama study
    Kenichi Chonan
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 24:261-75. 2002
    ..The high morning BP accompanies so-called non-dipper pattern of circadian BP variation. An insufficient duration of action of drugs may partly mediate non-dipping in subjects with antihypertensive medication...
  60. ncbi Efficacy of combination antihypertensive therapy with low-dose indapamide: assessment by blood pressure self-monitoring at home
    Junichiro Hashimoto
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, 6 3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba ku, Sendai 980 8578, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 27:331-41. 2005
    ..95 for SBP and 0.85 for DBP. Low-dose indapamide used in combination can provide additional anti-hypertensive efficacy lasting for 24 h. The added effect of indapamide may be more prominent on ARBs than on CCBs...
  61. ncbi Difference between home and office blood pressures among treated hypertensive patients from the Japan Home versus Office Blood Pressure Measurement Evaluation (J-HOME) study
    Tsuyoshi Horikawa
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aoba ku, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 31:1115-23. 2008
    ..These predictive factors might be useful clinically to help identify patients who may have a large difference between home and office blood pressures...
  62. ncbi Characteristics of resistant hypertension determined by self-measured blood pressure at home and office blood pressure measurements: the J-HOME study
    Takuya Oikawa
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 24:1737-43. 2006
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  63. ncbi Large artery stiffening as a link between cerebral lacunar infarction and renal albuminuria
    Junichiro Hashimoto
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 21:1304-9. 2008
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  64. ncbi Stroke risk in treated hypertension based on home blood pressure: the Ohasama study
    Daisaku Yasui
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 23:508-14. 2010
    ..We compare the risk of stroke between untreated individuals and those taking antihypertensive medication based on home BP and casual-screening BP (casual BP) in the general population...
  65. ncbi Relationship of dysregulation of glucose metabolism with white-coat hypertension: the Ohasama study
    Miki Hosaka
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 33:937-43. 2010
    ..Our results suggest that dysregulation of glucose metabolism in WCHT might contribute to the increase in the long-term cardiovascular risk among the general population...
  66. ncbi Plasma fibrinogen, ambulatory blood pressure, and silent cerebrovascular lesions: the Ohasama study
    Yoko Aono
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, 980 8574, Japan
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 27:963-8. 2007
    ..We evaluated the association of 24-hour ABP and plasma fibrinogen levels with the risk of silent cerebrovascular lesions (white matter hyperintensity and lacunar infarct) detected by MRI...
  67. ncbi Association of environmental tobacco smoke exposure with elevated home blood pressure in Japanese women: the Ohasama study
    Mami Seki
    Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 28:1814-20. 2010
    ..The association between home blood pressure (HBP) and ETS exposure was investigated in the general population...
  68. ncbi Electrocardiographic abnormalities and home blood pressure in treated elderly hypertensive patients: Japan home versus office blood pressure measurement evaluation in the elderly (J-HOME-Elderly) study
    Taku Shibamiya
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai 980 8578, Japan
    Hypertens Res 33:670-7. 2010
    ..Morning home BP was more closely associated with ECG-LVH and abnormal T waves than either office or evening home BP among treated hypertensive Japanese patients...
  69. ncbi Control of home heart rate and home blood pressure levels in treated patients with hypertension: the J-HOME study
    Taku Obara
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan
    Blood Press Monit 12:289-95. 2007
    ..The objective of this study was to examine the current status of home HR control and home BP control among treated patients with hypertension...
  70. ncbi Serum magnesium, ambulatory blood pressure, and carotid artery alteration: the Ohasama study
    Takanao Hashimoto
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 23:1292-8. 2010
    ..To investigate the associations of 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) and serum magnesium level (sMg) with risk of carotid artery alteration in a general population...
  71. ncbi Study design of HOMED-BP: hypertension objective treatment based on measurement by electrical devices of blood pressure
    Tohru Fujiwara
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Public Health, Tohoku University School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Sendai, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 25:143-4. 2003
    ..However, no large-scale interventional trial has been conducted to show which of these three initial medication can give the greatest benefit in terms of reduced cardiovascular disease risk in the Japanese hypertensive patients...
  72. ncbi Seasonal trends of blood pressure during pregnancy in Japan: the babies and their parents' longitudinal observation in Suzuki Memorial Hospital in Intrauterine Period study
    Hirohito Metoki
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 26:2406-13. 2008
    ..Some interaction seems to exist between season and gestational age. The present study observed home BP values during pregnancy with adjustment for seasonal variation and gestational age...
  73. ncbi Monitoring of antihypertensive therapy for reduction in left ventricular mass
    Junichiro Hashimoto
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Aramaki, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 20:1229-33. 2007
    ..We compared predictive power for LV mass reduction between the putative optimal pulse waveform feature (pulse amplification) and the putative optimal brachial cuff measurement (self BP monitoring at home)...
  74. ncbi Influence of home blood pressure measuring conditions in the evening on the morning-evening home blood pressure difference in treated hypertensive patients: the J-HOME study
    Kie Ito
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Blood Press Monit 14:160-5. 2009
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  75. ncbi A/C1166 gene polymorphism of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1) and ambulatory blood pressure: the Ohasama Study
    Masahiro Kikuya
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 26:141-5. 2003
    ..These results indicated that AT1 A/C1166 polymorphism was not associated with any clinical parameters associated with hypertension or atherosclerosis in the Japanese population...
  76. ncbi Stroke risk and antihypertensive drug treatment in the general population: the Japan arteriosclerosis longitudinal study
    Kei Asayama
    Comprehensive Research and Education Center for Planning of Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University 21st Century COE Program, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 27:357-64. 2009
    ..To evaluate the association between stroke risk and blood pressure (BP) levels with regard to the usage of antihypertensive medications...
  77. ncbi Relationship between personality and self-measured blood pressure value at home: the Ohasama study
    Atsushi Hozawa
    Department of Public Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 24:115-23. 2002
    ..When physicians investigate the pathogenesis of essential hypertension, they should take psychological factors into consideration, as well as the many environmental and genetic factors...
  78. ncbi Accuracy and reliability of wrist-cuff devices for self-measurement of blood pressure
    Masahiro Kikuya
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan
    J Hypertens 20:629-38. 2002
    ..However, there is much possibility in wrist-cuff device and the accuracy and reliability of wrist-cuff device are warranted by an improvement of technology...
  79. ncbi T+31C polymorphism of angiotensinogen gene and nocturnal blood pressure decline: the Ohasama study
    Tohru Fujiwara
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 15:628-32. 2002
    ..We assessed the association between several polymorphisms of angiotensinogen gene (AGT) and essential hypertension using ambulatory blood pressure (BP)...
  80. ncbi Blood pressure control assessed by home, ambulatory and conventional blood pressure measurements in the Japanese general population: the Ohasama study
    Atsushi Hozawa
    Department of Public Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 25:57-63. 2002
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  81. ncbi Association between wasted pressure effort and left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertension: influence of arterial wave reflection
    Junichiro Hashimoto
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 21:329-33. 2008
    ..The purpose of this study was to extract that component of extra myocardial oxygen requirement that is due to early systolic wave reflection, define it as wasted effort (DeltaE(w)), and examine its relationship to LV hypertrophy (LVH)...
  82. ncbi Practical aspect of monitoring hypertension based on self-measured blood pressure at home
    Yutaka Imai
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Sendai
    Intern Med 43:771-8. 2004
    ..Home BP measurements, under such controlled conditions, should have a beneficial effect on the economics of diagnosing and treating hypertension...
  83. ncbi Diurnal blood pressure variation and cardiovascular prognosis in a community-based study of Ohasama, Japan
    Hirohito Metoki
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Hypertens Res 33:652-6. 2010
    ..Ambulatory BP monitoring provides not only static, but also dynamic information about BP that should be considered to ensure effective management of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases...
  84. ncbi Influence of alcohol intake on circadian blood pressure variation in Japanese men: the Ohasama study
    Manami Nakashita
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 22:1171-6. 2009
    ..Therefore, the association between these two factors was examined...
  85. ncbi Home blood pressure measurements associated with better blood pressure control: the J-HOME study
    T Obara
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    J Hum Hypertens 22:197-204. 2008
    ..21-1.47) and 1.23 (95% CI 1.06-1.37), respectively. Home BP measurements were associated with good hypertensive management. Our findings suggest that it is important that physicians recommend home BP measurements to their patients...
  86. ncbi Prognostic significance of morning surge in blood pressure: which definition, which outcome?
    Takayoshi Ohkubo
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    Blood Press Monit 13:161-2. 2008
    ..More prospective studies or meta-analyses are required to better elucidate the prognostic significance of the morning surge in BP...
  87. ncbi The effects of physical activity and autonomic nerve tone on the daily fluctuation of blood pressure
    Eiji Ino-Oka
    Kohjinkai Central Hospital, Miyaginoku, Sendai, Japan
    Clin Exp Hypertens 26:129-36. 2004
    ..The results suggest the significance of simultaneous monitoring of physical activity and autonomic nerve function at the time of Bp monitoring...
  88. ncbi [Morning surge]
    Hirohito Metoki
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine
    Nippon Rinsho 64:39-43. 2006
  89. ncbi The economic impact of the introduction of home blood pressure measurement for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension
    Jin Funahashi
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    Blood Press Monit 11:257-67. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The introduction of home blood pressure measurement for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension would be very effective to save costs...
  90. ncbi [Measurement and evaluation of blood pressure]
    Ryusuke Inoue
    The Tohoku University 21st Century COE Program Comprehensive Research and Education Center for Planning of Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation (CRESCENDO
    Nippon Rinsho 64:494-7. 2006
  91. ncbi [The Ohasama study]
    Takayoshi Ohkubo
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science
    Nippon Rinsho 64:100-3. 2006
  92. ncbi Predictive value of ambulatory heart rate in the Japanese general population: the Ohasama study
    Atsushi Hozawa
    Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
    J Hypertens 26:1571-6. 2008
    ..However, only a few studies have described the relationship between heart rate measured by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring devices and cardiovascular disease prediction...
  93. ncbi [Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and self-measurement of blood pressure at home]
    Atsushi Hozawa
    Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
    Nippon Rinsho 62:403-7. 2004
  94. ncbi [The Ohasama Study]
    Takayoshi Ohkubo
    Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science
    Nippon Rinsho 62:18-21. 2004
  95. ncbi [The autonomic nervous activity of hypertension]
    Noriko Ohisa
    Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai 980-8574
    Rinsho Byori 50:899-905. 2002
    ..The circadian variation of BP may be mediated at least in part by circadian variation of autonomic nervous system activity...
  96. ncbi [HOMED-BP]
    Kei Asayama
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine
    Nippon Rinsho 64:459-64. 2006
  97. ncbi Introversion associated with large differences between screening blood pressure and home blood pressure measurement: The Ohasama study
    Atsushi Hozawa
    Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
    J Hypertens 24:2183-9. 2006
    ..To explore the effect of personality on screening blood pressures measured in clinical settings and home blood pressure measurements...
  98. ncbi Prognostic value of ambulatory heart rate revisited in 6928 subjects from 6 populations
    Tine W Hansen
    Research Center for Prevention and Health and Department of Clinical Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hvidovre University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Hypertension 52:229-35. 2008
    ..With the exception of the night:day heart rate ratio, heart rate did not add to the risk stratification for fatal combined with nonfatal cardiovascular events. Thus, heart rate adds little to the prediction of cardiovascular risk...
  99. ncbi Is blood pressure during the night more predictive of cardiovascular outcome than during the day?
    Yan Li
    Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Division of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, Studies Coordinating Centre, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    Blood Press Monit 13:145-7. 2008
    ..The increased mortality in patients with higher NDR probably indicates reverse causality. Our findings support recording the ambulatory BP during the whole day...
  100. ncbi Relation of blood pressure and all-cause mortality in 180,000 Japanese participants: pooled analysis of 13 cohort studies
    Yoshitaka Murakami
    Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta tsukinowa cho, Otsu City, Shiga, 520 2192, Japan
    Hypertension 51:1483-91. 2008
    ..In conclusion, high blood pressure raised the risk of total mortality, and this trend was higher in the younger Japanese population...
  101. ncbi Definition of masked hypertension
    Taku Obara
    J Hypertens 25:1511-2; author reply 1512-3. 2007