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Hypertension is prevalent and accounts for a large proportion of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide.¹ There is a continuous, approximately linear, increase in systolic blood pressure with increasing age in developed and developing nations in both men and women and in most races and ethnic groups.^1,2

The level of blood pressure is related to the risk of stroke, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, and death from cardiovascular causes (and death from any cause) in a continuous and consistent fashion for values as low as the optimal blood pressure of 115/75 mm Hg.^3,4 For example, among 347,978 men screened for participation . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick.

This article (10.1056/NEJMe0801709) was published at www.nejm.org on March 31, 2008.

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