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hypertensionAbnormally high blood pressure due to a variety of causes, leading to excessive contraction of the smooth muscle cells of the walls of the arteries. It increases the risk of kidney disease, stroke, and heart attack. Hypertension is one of the major public health problems of the developed world, affecting 15-20% of adults in industrialized countries (1996). It may be of unknown cause (essential hypertension), or it may occur in association with some other condition, such as kidney disease (secondary or symptomatic hypertension). It is controlled with a low-salt diet and drugs. |
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| 1% of the respondents know precisely the reference value to determine high blood pressure (135mmHg for systolic blood pressure and 85mmHg for diastolic blood pressure) in home blood pressure monitoring. Roughly one in 20 women develops high blood pressure during pregnancy, a condition known as preeclampsia. One in four adult Americans has high blood pressure. |
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