European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on November 6, 2007
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm494
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High-normal blood pressure and future risks—a new concern for clinicians?
Department of Clinical Sciences Medicine, Lund University, University Hospital, S-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
* Corresponding author. Tel: +46 40 33 24 15; fax: +46 40 92 32 72.E-mail address: Peter.Nilsson@med.lu.se
This editorial refers to Blood pressure and risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Women's Health Study by D. Conen et al., doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm400
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The fact that hypertension (>140/ > 90 mmHg) is a well established cardiovascular risk factor in numerous studies has led epidemiologists to expand their interest also to the risks associated with high-normal blood pressure (130–139/85–89 mmHg). As blood pressure is documented to show properties of tracking over time,1 it is no wonder that people in the high-normal range tend to develop established hypertension after a follow-up period more frequently than subjects with a normal (120–129/80–84 mmHg) or even optimal (<120/ < 80 mmHg) blood pressure. Furthermore, as blood pressure is most often a part of a cardiovascular risk factor syndrome, whether called metabolic syndrome or even cardiometabolic syndrome,2 it is
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