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Obesity appears to play a major role in the activation of the renin‒angiotensin‒aldosterone system (RAAS), with a noticeable rise of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and ACE activities during childhood, reveals a recent study. In addition, sex differences are present in the association of ACE and ACE2 activities with blood pressure (BP).

Intervene early. Cumulative exposure to common cardiovascular (CV) risk factors could be a harbinger of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in future.

Hypertension and higher blood pressure (BP) levels are associated with the objective measurement of sleep irregularity, as assessed by standard deviation (SD) of sleep duration for 1 week, particularly in individuals without obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), a study has shown.

Short nighttime sleepers are at higher risks of long COVID, depression and cardiovascular (CV) diseases than normal sleepers, according to three recent studies by researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

In a territory-wide, 12-year follow-up retrospective study by the University of Hong Kong, indapamide has demonstrated a low incidence of hospitalization for severe hypokalaemia in patients with hypertension. Use of sustained-release (SR) indapamide appears to lower the risk of severe hypokalaemia vs the immediate-release (IR) formulation.

Moderate consumption of virgin olive oil (VOO) daily appears to help reduce the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, reports a study. However, such effects are not found in common olive oil.