Hypertension Epidemiology
Findings from Veterans Affairs Medical Center broaden understanding of hypertension epidemiology
Published in Cardiovascular Week, January 11th, 2010
Research findings, 'Structural and functional vascular alterations and incident hypertension in normotensive adults: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis,' are discussed in a new report. "Vascular abnormalities may exist before clinical hypertension. Using Poisson regression, the authors studied the association of coronary artery calcium (CAC), common carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), aortic distensibility, and large and small arterial elasticity with incident hypertension among 2,512 normotensive US adults free of cardiovascular disease," scientists in the United States report.
"Incidence rate ratios for incident hypertension (blood pressure >or=140/90 mm...
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