"Hypertension" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
| Descriptor ID |
D006973
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.489
|
| Concept/Terms |
Hypertension- Hypertension
- Blood Pressure, High
- Blood Pressures, High
- High Blood Pressure
- High Blood Pressures
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hypertension".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Hypertension".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hypertension" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hypertension" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1997 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1998 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2000 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2001 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2006 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2007 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2008 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2009 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2010 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2011 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 2012 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2013 | 19 | 7 | 26 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5 | 23 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| 2016 | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| 2017 | 25 | 10 | 35 |
| 2018 | 21 | 9 | 30 |
| 2019 | 26 | 11 | 37 |
| 2020 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 2021 | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| 2022 | 28 | 0 | 28 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| 2024 | 22 | 5 | 27 |
| 2025 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| 2026 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypertension" by people in Profiles.
-
Stroke in the Young: Incidence, 30-Day Case Fatality Rates, and Risk Factors Over Time in a Population-Based Study. Neurology. 2026 Oct 27; 107(8):e218622.
-
Addition of High-Dose Vitamin D3 to Standard Treatment in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: The SOLARIS Randomized Clinical Trial (Alliance A021703). JAMA. 2026 Sep 01; 336(9):746-754.
-
Acoustic Exposure to Gunfire Is Associated With a Temporal Rise in Blood Pressure in Chicago. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Oct 06; 15(19):e045488.
-
Epigenetic regulation in hypertension: mechanistic insights and environmental influences. Am J Hypertens. 2026 Aug 01; 39(8):943-955.
-
Healthcare insurance status and hypertension control before and after the Affordable Care Act. Am J Hypertens. 2026 Aug 01; 39(8):1013-1020.
-
Resistant Hypertension Variants Link to Hyperaldosteronism and Potassium Levels. Hypertension. 2026 Sep; 83(9):e22301.
-
Racial Differences in Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Incident Hypertension: A Mediation Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 07 07; 15(13):e035681.
-
Longitudinal blood pressure changes in relation to urinary toxic/essential metals and metal mixtures. Environ Res. 2026 Sep 15; 306(Pt 1):125104.
-
Association between migration and cardiovascular health in Mexicans: a binational analysis using the Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS/SOL) and Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS). J Epidemiol Community Health. 2026 Jun 10; 80(7):503-511.
-
Suboptimal Levothyroxine Treatment is Associated with Increases in Mean Blood Pressure and Blood Pressure Variability. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 May 19; 111(6):e1626-e1633.