Hypertension: a public health challenge: growing problem predicted because of an increasing prevalence of obesity and other risk factors.

Renal & Urology News | October 1, 2009| | Copyright

HIGH BP IS the major manifestation of hypertension, a disease of the vasculature. Deemed a pandemic by some, the prevalence of hypertension was approximately 26.4% in 2000 and has been projected to increase to 29.2%, or approximately 1.56 billion people, by the year 2025 (JAMA. 2003;289:2363-2369. One estimate by Cene and colleagues notes that hypertension is responsible for 12.8% of all deaths.

High BP is a key pathogenic factor that contributes to the deterioration of kidney function, but the kidney itself can also be responsible for elevations in BP. Note that ...

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