Early Inflammatory and Metabolic Changes in Association With AGTR1 Polymorphisms in Prehypertensive Subjects
Author(s) -
Maple M. Fung,
Fangwen Rao,
Sameer Poddar,
Manjula Mahata,
Srikrishna Khandrika,
Sushil K. Mahata,
Daniel T. O’Connor
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2010.210
Subject(s) - prehypertension , medicine , blood pressure , endocrinology , body mass index , metabolic syndrome , insulin resistance , insulin , obesity
The Seventh Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in 2003 created a prehypertension category for persons with blood pressures ranging from systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 120-139 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) from 80 to 89 mm Hg, due to increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
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