To what extent, which factor has the most significant role contributing to the risk of hypertension?
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The existing lifestyle that people have in contemporary society is certainly insufficient to maintain a physical health which can be related to cardiovascular and other diseases, especially like hypertension. While for the inherited or natural genes, they can be mutated or born with the diseased gene fragment that could lead to the potential risks of hypertension, such as congenital hypertension. One of the most significant current discussions in the field of research is which factors are more associated with hypertension. There are two mainstream opinions on this: lifestyle factors and genetic factors. However, there is still some uncertainty about it, such as a lack of data, exceptional examples and especially which kinds of factors really have a dominant role which means they can have a joint role in hypertension. In this essay, the author discusses some specific lifestyle and genetic factors including sleep, diets, exercise, weight, and tooth brushing (minority), and aims at finding detailed information on what play a dominant role leading to the risk of hypertension. Besides, it also illustrates that hypertension is associated with many aspects of factors, not only have combined but also separate roles and some other factors like area, age and gender can also play a role in it.
Author: Jinyuan Huang
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4403356227