Dyslipidemia and the Risk of Developing Hypertension in a Working‐Age Male Population

• Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. e003053 - n/a
• Main Authors: Otsuka, Toshiaki, Takada, Hirotaka, Nishiyama, Yasuhiro, Kodani, Eitaro, Saiki, Yoshiyuki, Kato, Katsuhito, Kawada, Tomoyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley and Sons Inc 25.03.2016; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Biomarkers - blood; Blood Pressure; Cholesterol - blood; Cholesterol, HDL - blood; Cholesterol, LDL - blood; cohort study; Comorbidity; Dyslipidemias - blood; Dyslipidemias - diagnosis; Dyslipidemias - epidemiology; Employment; Humans; hypertension; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypertension - physiopathology; Japan - epidemiology; lipids; Male; Manufacturing Industry; Middle Aged; Occupational Health; Original Research; prediction; Risk Assessment; risk factor; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Time Factors; prediction; lipids; cohort study; hypertension; risk factor

Background Hypertension is one of the main comorbidities associated with dyslipidemia. This study aimed to examine the extent to which dyslipidemia increases the risk of developing hypertension in a Japanese working‐age male population. Methods and Results We analyzed data from 14 215 nonhypertensiv...