192
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The management of pre-hypertension in primary care: Is it adequate?

, , , , &
Pages 237-241 | Received 09 Dec 2014, Accepted 10 Mar 2015, Published online: 15 Apr 2015

References

  • Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, Cushman WC, Green LA, Izzo JL Jr, et al.; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure; National High Blood Pressure Education Program Coordinating Committee. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: the JNC 7 report. JAMA. 2003;289:2560–72.
  • Lewington S, Clarke R, Qizilbash N, Peto R, Collins R. Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: a meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies. Prospective Studies Collaboration. Lancet. 2002;360:1903–13.
  • Vasan RS, Larson MG, Leip EP, Evans JC, O’Donnell CJ, Kannel WB, Levy D. Impact of high–normal blood pressure on the risk of cardiovascular disease. N Engl J Med. 2001; 345:1291–7.
  • Zheng L, Sun Z, Zhang X, Xu C, Li J, Hu D, Sun Y. Predictors of progression from prehypertension to hypertension among rural Chinese adults: results from Liaoning Province. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2010;17:217–22.
  • Grossman A, Grossman C, Barenboim E, Azaria B, Goldstein L, Grossman E. Pre-hypertension as a predictor of hypertension in military aviators: a longitudinal study of 367 men. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2006; 77:1162–5.
  • Chen G, Lai X, Jiang Q, Chen F, Chen N, Huang H, et al. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, insulin resistance and β-cell function in prehypertension population of China. Atherosclerosis. 2011;217:279–85.
  • Zhu H, Yan W, Ge D, Treiber FA, Harshfield GA, Kapuku G, et al. Cardiovascular characteristics in American youth with prehypertension. Am J Hypertens. 2007;20:1051–7.
  • Kitai E, Vinker S, Halperin L, Meidan A, Grossman E. Pre-hypertension is a common phenomenon: national database study. Isr Med Assoc J. 2007;9:8–11.
  • Godwin M, Pike A, Kirby A, Jewer C, Murphy L. Prehypertension and hypertension in a primary care practice. Can Fam Physician. 2008;54:1418–23.
  • World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre. Use of ATC/DDD. WHO; 2009. (Updated 10 December 2009)
  • Do HT, Geleijnse JM, Le MB, Kok FJ, Feskens EJ. National prevalence and associated risk factors of hypertension and prehypertension among Vietnamese adults. Am J Hypertens. 2015;28:89–97.
  • Choi KM, Park HS, Han JH, Lee JS, Lee J, Ryu OH, et al. Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension in a Korean population: Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey 2001. J Hypertens. 2006;24:1515–21.
  • Israeli E, Schochat T, Korzets Z, Tekes-Manova D, Bernheim J, Golan E. Prehypertension and obesity in adolescents: a population study. Am J Hypertens. 2006;19:708–12.
  • Grotto I, Grossman E, Huerta M, Sharabi Y. Prevalence of prehypertension and associated cardiovascular risk profiles among young Israeli adults. Hypertension. 2006;48:254–9.
  • Nary FC, Santos RD, Laurinavicius AG, Conceição RD, Carvalho JA. Relevance of prehypertension as a diagnostic category in asymptomatic adults. Einstein (Sao Paulo). 2013;11:303–9.
  • Cordero A, Laclaustra M, León M, Grima A, Casasnovas JA, Luengo E, et al. Prehypertension is associated with insulin resistance state and not with an initial renal function impairment. A Metabolic Syndrome in Active Subjects in Spain (MESYAS) Registry substudy. Am J Hypertens. 2006;19: 189–96.
  • Deng WW, Wang J, Liu MM, Wang D, Zhao Y, Liu YQ, et al. Body mass index compared with abdominal obesity indicators in relation to prehypertension and hypertension in adults: the CHPSNE study. Am J Hypertens. 2013;26:58–67.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.