TY - JOUR
T1 - Research opportunities and directions on the blood pressure problem
AU - Predictors, Combining
AU - Stamler, Jeremiah
N1 - Funding Information:
It is a pleasure to express appreciation for the fine work of the many colleagues involved in the national cooperative Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial; the Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry; the international cooperative INTERSALT Study; and the Gubbio Population Study. The writer is grateful for the opportunity to cite data from these investigations. All of these studies have been supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry was supported also by the American Heart Association and its Chicago and Illinois affiliates, by the Chicago Health Research Foundation, the Illinois Regional Medical Program, and private donors. The INTERSALT Study was supported also by the Chicago Health Research Foundation; the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, InternationalSociety and Federation of Cardiology; the Heart Foundations of Canada, Japan, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom; the International Society of Hypertension; the Wellcome Foundation; the World Health Organization; and national donors supporting the Central Lab oratory, Leuven, Belgium. The Gubbio Population Study is supported also by the Chicago Health Research Foundation and Merck Sharp and Dohme, Italy. The author is also grateful totheAmericanHeartAssociation,theBritish Medical Journal, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Symposium Specialists for permission to reproduce published data from the cited studies.
PY - 1991/11
Y1 - 1991/11
N2 - While only a small percentage of the population has high blood pressure, a much larger segment of the US population has a high-normal (above optimal) blood pressure, and is at increased risk for hypertension and its cardiovascular sequelae. Hypertension is thus a population-wide problem and must be approached in much the manner of other epidemic diseases. This paper examines some recent population studies and proposes directions for future research.
AB - While only a small percentage of the population has high blood pressure, a much larger segment of the US population has a high-normal (above optimal) blood pressure, and is at increased risk for hypertension and its cardiovascular sequelae. Hypertension is thus a population-wide problem and must be approached in much the manner of other epidemic diseases. This paper examines some recent population studies and proposes directions for future research.
KW - Blood pressure
KW - Borderline hypertension
KW - Diet
KW - Environmental effects
KW - Population studies
KW - Salt intake
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U2 - 10.1093/ajh/4.11S.646S
DO - 10.1093/ajh/4.11S.646S
M3 - Article
C2 - 1789950
AN - SCOPUS:0026352659
SN - 0895-7061
VL - 4
SP - 646S-660S
JO - American Journal of Hypertension
JF - American Journal of Hypertension
IS - 11
ER -