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Hirohito Metoki
Researcher at Tohoku Pharmaceutical University
Publications - 326
Citations - 12676
Hirohito Metoki is an academic researcher from Tohoku Pharmaceutical University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blood pressure & Population. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 276 publications receiving 10877 citations. Previous affiliations of Hirohito Metoki include Japan Society for the Promotion of Science & Tohoku University.
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A survey of self-medication practices and related factors in the general population: The ohasama study
Michihiro Satoh,Akihiro Matsumoto,Azusa Hara,Saki Iwamori,Taku Obara,Masahiro Kikuya,Hirohito Metoki,Miki Hosaka,Kei Asayama,Kei Asayama,Nobuyuki Takahashi,Hiroshi Sato,Nariyasu Mano,Yutaka Imai,Takayoshi Ohkubo +14 more
TL;DR: The present study clarifies the factors associated with the use of OTC medications or dietary supplements and indicates that appropriate self-medication practices might improve the control of hypertension, particularly in patients undergoing antihypertensive treatment.
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Impacts of the urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio, sleep efficiency, and conventional risk factors on home hypertension in a general Japanese population
Takumi Hirata,Takumi Hirata,Mana Kogure,Naho Tsuchiya,Ken Miyagawa,Akira Narita,Kotaro Nochioka,Akira Uruno,Taku Obara,Tomohiro Nakamura,Naoki Nakaya,Naoki Nakaya,Hirohito Metoki,Hirohito Metoki,Masahiro Kikuya,Masahiro Kikuya,Junichi Sugawara,Shinichi Kuriyama,Ichiro Tsuji,Shigeo Kure,Atsushi Hozawa +20 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a cross-sectional study including 1384 participants (393 men and 991 women) to estimate the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for the presence of any of the conventional risk factors using multivariable logistic regression analyses.
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Lifetime risk of stroke stratified by chronic kidney disease and hypertension in the general Asian population: the Ohasama study.
Shingo Nakayama,Shingo Nakayama,Michihiro Satoh,Hirohito Metoki,Hirohito Metoki,Takahisa Murakami,Takahisa Murakami,Kei Asayama,Azusa Hara,Takuo Hirose,Atsuhiro Kanno,Ryusuke Inoue,Megumi Tsubota-Utsugi,Masahiro Kikuya,Masahiro Kikuya,Takefumi Mori,Atsushi Hozawa,Yutaka Imai,Takayoshi Ohkubo +18 more
TL;DR: CKD contributed to the LTR of stroke, as did hypertension, and the prevention of CKD and hypertension can reduce the L TR, especially in young populations.
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Validation of the Parama-Tech PS-501 device for office blood pressure measurement according to the international protocol.
Masahiro Kikuya,Takayoshi Ohkubo,Michihiro Satoh,Takanao Hashimoto,Takuo Hirose,Hirohito Metoki,Taku Obara,Ryusuke Inoue,Kei Asayama,Kazuhito Totsune,Yutaka Imai +10 more
TL;DR: The PS-501 device for office blood pressure measurement passed all the validation criteria of the European Society of Hypertension and can therefore be recommended for clinical use in an adult population.
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Control of home heart rate and home blood pressure levels in treated patients with hypertension: the J-HOME study.
Taku Obara,Takayoshi Ohkubo,Rie Komai,Kei Asayama,Masahiro Kikuya,Hirohito Metoki,Ryusuke Inoue,Kayo Murai,Koji Tanaka,Junichiro Hashimoto,Kazuhito Totsune,Yutaka Imai +11 more
TL;DR: The current status of home HR control and home BP control among treated patients with hypertension were inadequate, and a home HR value of ≥70 beats/min as ‘high home HR’ was defined.