Why the study?
Is skin capillary rarefaction present in patients with mild borderline hypertension compared to normotensive controls and established essential hypertension?
Population
95 subjects, including 18 patients with mild borderline hypertension, 32 normotensive controls, and 45…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May indicate early microvascular change in borderline hypertension; leaves open causality and needs longitudinal confirmation.
Is skin capillary rarefaction present in patients with mild borderline hypertension compared to normotensive controls and established essential hypertension?
Capillary rarefaction is present in borderline essential hypertension, suggesting it is an early structural abnormality that may antedate sustained blood pressure elevation.
Antonios et al. (1999) studied this question.
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