TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiology of high blood pressure
AU - Whelton, P. K.
AU - Klag, M. J.
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PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Experience in isolated 'unacculturated' societies suggests that age-related changes in blood pressure are not a biologic necessity. In the developed world, however, blood pressure tends to rise progressively with increasing age, and hypertension in the elderly is an extremely common finding. Blood pressure is positively related to the risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease in elderly persons, as in younger persons, in a graded continuous fashion. Based on prevalence and risk considerations, high blood pressure in the elderly population is one of the most pressing inidividual and public health problems of this century.
AB - Experience in isolated 'unacculturated' societies suggests that age-related changes in blood pressure are not a biologic necessity. In the developed world, however, blood pressure tends to rise progressively with increasing age, and hypertension in the elderly is an extremely common finding. Blood pressure is positively related to the risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease in elderly persons, as in younger persons, in a graded continuous fashion. Based on prevalence and risk considerations, high blood pressure in the elderly population is one of the most pressing inidividual and public health problems of this century.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30648-7
DO - 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30648-7
M3 - Review article
C2 - 2691056
AN - SCOPUS:0024425669
SN - 0749-0690
VL - 5
SP - 639
EP - 655
JO - Clinics in geriatric medicine
JF - Clinics in geriatric medicine
IS - 4
ER -