Why the study?
Does prehypertension or hypertension increase the risk of cardiovascular disease death in apparently healthy men, and does this vary by age?
Does prehypertension or hypertension increase the risk of cardiovascular disease death in apparently healthy men, and does this vary by age?
In a large cohort of apparently healthy men, JNC 7-defined prehypertension was not associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular death, and this relationship did not vary significantly by age.
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Questions prehypertension's prognostic value for CVD death in healthy men; leaves open age-specific hypertension risks in broader populations.
Bowman et al. (2005) studied this question.
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