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To classify arterial hypertension based on underlying systemic disorders and characterize the prevalence of essential versus secondary forms.

Studies on "Essential" Hypertension

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Most hypertension lacks identifiable cause; leaves open whether updated screening alters secondary prevalence estimates.

To classify arterial hypertension based on underlying systemic disorders and characterize the prevalence of essential versus secondary forms.
Categorized cases of elevated diastolic arterial pressure into secondary conditions linked to genitourinary, nervous, endocrine, or vascular disorders versus unexplained elevations.
Assessed the relative clinical proportion of secondary hypertension compared to primary idiopathic or essential hypertension.
Secondary arterial hypertension driven by specific disturbances of the genitourinary, nervous, endocrine, or vascular systems represents only a small minority of clinical cases.
Essential or idiopathic hypertension accounts for more than 85 percent of all instances of elevated arterial pressure.

Henry A. Schroeder (1939) studied this question.

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