Incident Hypertension

High caregiving stress was associated with incident hypertension among a cohort of reproductive-age Black women, according to study findings published in Hypertension.

A pilot study revealed that patients treated with the antipsychotic olanzapine plus an intestinal microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor had an 82% reduction in postprandial triglycerides vs. those treated with olanzapine alone.

SAN ANTONIO — In adolescents with obesity, GLP-1 receptor agonists were associated with lower risk for incident hypertension development 5 and 10 years after initiation vs. other anti-obesity medications, a speaker reported.

Cumulative viral load may be associated with incident hypertension among people with HIV, despite CVD risk factors possibly differing between health care systems, researchers found.

Women exposed to higher concentrations of a class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances are at increased risk for incident hypertension, researchers reported.