• Detection of Nonadherence to Antihypertensive Treatment by Measurements of Serum Drug Concentrations 

      Bergland, Ola Undrum; Halvorsen, Lene Vernås; Søraas, Camilla Lund; Hjørnholm, Ulla; Kjær, Vibeke Norheim; Rognstad, Stine; Brobak, Karl Marius; Aune, Arleen; Olsen, Eirik; Fauchald, Ylva; Heimark, Sondre; Thorstensen, Christian W; Liestøl, Knut; Solbu, Marit Dahl; Gerdts, Eva; Mo, Rune; Rostrup, Morten; Kjeldsen, Sverre; Høieggen, Aud; Opdal, Mimi Stokke; Fadl Elmula, Fadl Elmula M. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-19)
      Nonadherence to drugs is a challenge in hypertension treatment. We aimed to assess the prevalence of nonadherence by serum drug concentrations compared with 2 indirect methods and relate to the prescribed drug regimens in a nationwide multicenter study. Five hundred fifty patients with hypertension using ≥2 antihypertensive agents participated. We measured concentrations of 23 antihypertensive drugs ...
    • Exercise Systolic Blood Pressure at Moderate Workload Is Linearly Associated With Coronary Disease Risk in Healthy Men 

      Mariampillai, Julian Eek; Liestøl, Knut; Kjeldsen, Sverre; Prestgaard, Erik Edvard; Engeseth, Kristian; Bodegard, Johan; Berge, Eivind; Gjesdal, Knut; Erikssen, Jan Emil; Grundvold, Irene; Skretteberg, Torger (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-18)
      There is no consensus on the definition of an exaggerated increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) during exercise. The aim was to explore a potential threshold for exercise SBP associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease in healthy men using repeated exercise testing. Two thousand fourteen healthy white male employees were recruited into the Oslo Ischemia Study during early 1970s. At ...