Why the study?
Is elevated white blood cell count associated with incident hypertension?
Is elevated white blood cell count associated with incident hypertension?
Elevated white blood cell count is an independent predictor of incident hypertension, suggesting a potential inflammatory component in the development of hypertension.
Elevated WBC may signal inflammatory contribution to hypertension risk; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Elevated WBC count is associated with incident hypertension among women and men independent of smoking and most traditional cardiovascular risk factors in this predominantly white cohort. Further research is required to determine whether this association is true among racial minorities (eg, African Americans), and independent of C-reactive protein, a more specific marker of inflammation.
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A. Shankar (2004) studied this question.
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