Early Onset Hypertension Is Associated With Hypertensive End-Organ Damage Already by MidLife

• Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 305 - 312
• Main Authors: Suvila, Karri, McCabe, Elizabeth L, Lehtonen, Arttu, Ebinger, Joseph E, Lima, Joao A.C, Cheng, Susan, Niiranen, Teemu J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Heart Association, Inc 01.08.2019
• Subjects: blood pressure; follow-up studies; risk factors; cardiovascular diseases; hypertension

Early onset hypertension confers increased risk for cardiovascular mortality in the community. Whether early onset hypertension also promotes the development of target end-organ damage (TOD), even by midlife, has remained unknown. We studied 2680 middle-aged CARDIA study (Coronary Artery Risk Develo...