Definition and classification of hypertension: an update.
Since the publication of a paper by the American Society of Hypertension, Inc. Writing Group in 2003, some refinements have occurred in the definition of hypertension. Blood pressure is now recognized as a biomarker for hypertension, and a distinction is made between the various stages of hypertension and global cardiovascular risk. This paper discusses the logic underlying the refinements in the definition of hypertension.
Giles
Thomas D
TD
Tulane University School of Medicine, Metairie, LA 7005, USA. tgiles4@cox.net
Materson
Barry J
BJ
Cohn
Jay N
JN
Kostis
John B
JB
D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000145:classification* / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D009626:Terminology as Topic
D015415:Biomarkers