"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 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 1997 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 1998 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2000 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2001 | 18 | 7 | 25 |
| 2002 | 19 | 9 | 28 |
| 2003 | 21 | 9 | 30 |
| 2004 | 22 | 13 | 35 |
| 2005 | 27 | 13 | 40 |
| 2006 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2007 | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| 2008 | 21 | 4 | 25 |
| 2009 | 31 | 9 | 40 |
| 2010 | 21 | 12 | 33 |
| 2011 | 29 | 16 | 45 |
| 2012 | 23 | 13 | 36 |
| 2013 | 36 | 12 | 48 |
| 2014 | 26 | 13 | 39 |
| 2015 | 37 | 15 | 52 |
| 2016 | 30 | 25 | 55 |
| 2017 | 35 | 15 | 50 |
| 2018 | 24 | 11 | 35 |
| 2019 | 34 | 13 | 47 |
| 2020 | 35 | 10 | 45 |
| 2021 | 36 | 11 | 47 |
| 2022 | 48 | 0 | 48 |
| 2023 | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| 2024 | 24 | 4 | 28 |
| 2025 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypertension" by people in Profiles.
-
Prediabetes, Subclinical Myocardial Injury or Stress, and Heart Failure Risk for Adults With Hypertension. JAMA Cardiol. 2026 Mar 01; 11(3):281-287.
-
Prenatal sonographic predictors of maternal mirror syndrome in hydropic fetuses. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2025 Dec; 7(12):101787.
-
Assessing the Clinical Relevance of Blood Pressure Measures in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Post Hoc Analysis of ATACH-2. Neurocrit Care. 2025 Dec; 43(3):756-762.
-
Pediatric N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis is Differentiated From Encephalitis Mimickers by Early Elevated Blood Pressure. Pediatr Neurol. 2025 Nov; 172:71-77.
-
Prebiotics Improve Blood Pressure Control by Modulating Gut Microbiome Composition and Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 2025 Jul 30; 17(15).
-
Functional mouth rinse containing inorganic nitrate and antioxidants bolsters the enterosalivary pathway and lowers blood pressure in Wistar rats. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 23; 15(1):26827.
-
Independent and Joint Associations of Obesity and Hypertension on Incident Heart Failure: A Pooled Cohort Analysis. Mayo Clin Proc. 2025 Aug; 100(8):1297-1308.
-
Effectiveness and safety of chronic diuretic use in older adults: an umbrella review of recently published systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized-controlled trials. Eur Geriatr Med. 2025 Aug; 16(4):1353-1387.
-
Dietary Intake of Protein by Food Source and Incident Hypertension Among Diverse US Adults: The MESA Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 May 20; 14(10):e037813.
-
Group-based trajectory modeling to identify longitudinal patterns and predictors of adherence among older adults on concomitant triple therapy (oral antidiabetic, renin-angiotensin-system antagonists, statins). J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2025 Apr; 31(4):396-405.