Why the study?
Do elevated hs-CRP, smoking, and abdominal obesity predict the development of hypertension in middle-aged normotensive men?
Population
379 middle-aged normotensive white men
Comparison
Elevated highly sensitive C-reactive protein… vs Low hs-CRP, non-smoking, and lack of abdominal…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
11 years
Authors
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Elevated hs-CRP was associated with incident hypertension; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change risk stratification.
Do elevated hs-CRP, smoking, and abdominal obesity predict the development of hypertension in middle-aged normotensive men?
Low-grade chronic inflammation, smoking, and increasing waist girth independently predict the development of hypertension in middle-aged men.
Niskanen et al. (2004) studied this question.
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