Objective To determine ambulatory and home blood pressure means and distributions in
relation to clinic blood pressure in a general population. Methods We obtained a random …

Lead poisoning is one of the earliest identified and most known occupational disease. Its
acute effects have been recognized from antiquity when this condition principally afflicted …

Background—Studies in hypertensive patients suggest that ambulatory blood pressure (BP)
is prognostically superior to office BP. Much less information is available in the general …

Triglycerides are transported in plasma by specific triglyceride-rich lipoproteins; in
epidemiological studies, increased triglyceride levels correlate with higher risk for coronary …

Background—The prevalence and clinical significance of isolated office (or white coat)
hypertension is controversial, and population data are limited. We studied the prevalence of …

Tumor-infiltrating regulatory T lymphocytes (Treg) can suppress effector T cells specific for
tumor antigens. Deeper molecular definitions of tumor-infiltrating-lymphocytes could thus …

Scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) is the major receptor for high-density lipoprotein (HDL)
cholesterol (HDL-C). In humans, high amounts of HDL-C in plasma are associated with a …

Objective The effect of compliance with antihypertensive medications on the risk of
cardiovascular outcomes in a population without a known history of cardiovascular disease …

Hypertension is a heritable and major contributor to the global burden of disease. The sum
of rare and common genetic variants robustly identified so far explain only 1%–2% of the …

Data on incidence, prevalence and mortality of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are
sparse and vary across studies. The true incidence and prevalence of the disease are …