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January 1, 1983Japanese Circulation JournalOpen Access

Predictors of future established hypertension and diurnal blood pressure variability in borderline hypertension.

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Population

157 patients with borderline hypertension

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

average 6.4 years (range 3 to 10 years)

Authors

SKShinichiro KuboFukuyama City Hospital

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Implication

May aid risk stratification in borderline hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.

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Population
157 patients with borderline hypertension
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Outcome
Development of established hypertension, becoming normotensive, or remaining borderline hypertensivesurrogate

In patients with borderline hypertension, initial blood pressure, age, obesity, and ECG findings are significant predictors of progression to established hypertension over a 6-year period.

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Shinichiro Kubo (1983) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1dba6dc475d657bb4dbb50https://doi.org/10.1253/jcj.47.207

Topics

Hypertension management
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