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Role of Prehypertension in the Development of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Japan

2004; Japan Epidemiological Association; Volume: 14; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2188/jea.14.57

1349-9092

Masakazu Washio, Shoji Tokunaga, Kouichi Yoshimasu, Hiroko Kodama, Ying Liu, Shizuka Sasazuki, Keitaro Tanaka, Suminori Kono, Masahiro Mohri, Akira Takeshita, Kikuo Arakawa, Munehito Ideishi, Takanobu Nii, Kazuyuki Shirai, Hidekazu Arai, Yoshitaka Doi, Tomoki Kawano, Osamu Nakagaki, Kazuyuki Takada, Koji Hiyamuta, Satoru Koyanagi,

Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Hypertension is an important risk factor of coronary heart disease. A new guidelines for hypertension prevention and management in The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in the United States recommended lifestyle modification or medical treatment for subjects with prehypertension. However, whether prehypertension increases the risk of coronary atherosclerosis in the Japanese population is still unknown.