In recent years there has been growing interest in the presence of insulin resistance (syndrome X) in hypertensive patients. Multiple clinical studies have now demonstrated that there is an increased relative risk of cardiovascular events in patients who have insulin resistance. Physicians have long been aware that diabetes mellitus and hypertension often coexist. There is [...]
Hypertension is more prevalent and has an earlier onset in African Americans compared with the general population. The prevalence of the Sixth Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC VI) stage 3 hypertension is approx 8% among African Americans vs <1% in Caucasian hypertensive patients. Pressure-related target [...]
High blood pressure (hypertension) is the leading cause of death by way of the cardiovascular consequences of heart attack and stroke. High blood pressure is related in part to aging, especially in our industrial civilization. In certain “unacculturated” societies (such as that of the Yanamamo Indians) blood pressure does not rise with age. People of [...]
